{"id":544271,"date":"2022-02-22T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/22\/meet-our-analyst-of-the-week-al-ahly-pharos-omar-el-watan\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:53:25","slug":"meet-our-analyst-of-the-week-al-ahly-pharos-omar-el-watan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/22\/meet-our-analyst-of-the-week-al-ahly-pharos-omar-el-watan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our analyst of the week: Al Ahly Pharos\u2019 Omar El Watan"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> OUR ANALYST OF THE WEEK-<\/strong> Omar El Watan, investment banking analyst at Al Ahly Pharos (Linkedin<\/a>).<\/p>\n

My name is Omar El Watan and I\u2019m an investment banking analyst at Al Ahly Pharos.<\/strong> I\u2019ve worked in similar roles at Zilla Capital and BKR Egypt. I graduated from Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and I thought I would continue to live in Canada, but I eventually came back because \u2018Om El Donia ghalya 3alaya\u2019 [laughs].<\/p>\n

Investment banking gives you new exposure every time you get a new mandate<\/strong>, which makes the job very interesting and full of things to learn and explore. It requires a keen eye for analysis and the linguistic ability to tie the narratives to the numbers. Investment banking is also a people\u2019s job in that you have to get up close and personal with shareholders and management and try to have a good relationship with them. It\u2019s a bit of everything and there really is nothing like it.<\/p>\n

The worst part of my job is working on a transaction for so long and then just having it fall apart. <\/strong>Sometimes it\u2019s due to the macroeconomic climate, other times the shareholders and new investors don\u2019t see eye to eye \u2014 so oftentimes it\u2019s something completely out of your control and you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.<\/p>\n

The trend in the investment banking industry this year is to invest in defensive sectors.<\/strong> We\u2019re seeing a lot of investments in F&B, healthcare, and education. Non-banking financial services are also getting a lot of attention, as well as any company that is linked to commodities.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t see investors being more bullish on Egypt in the immediate future. <\/strong>Economically, we\u2019re doing just fine, but there are still factors keeping the market bearish such as global risks, conflicts abroad, and the interest rate environment.<\/p>\n

A sector I think is a <\/strong>gem <\/strong>is e-commerce. <\/strong>Anything that uses tech to enable individuals and simplify processes is the future. The VC culture is all over this because it\u2019s high risk, high reward. Egypt in general has a lot of potential in this area. We skipped the industrial era, but we\u2019re all over the internet era. Companies and legacy firms need to understand the importance of tech and incorporate it into their thinking. I think if this happens, it will be an inflection point for the country where we can only go up from here. However, I don\u2019t see this happening in the next two years.<\/p>\n

There are three important factors I look at before I decide on an investment. <\/strong>The first is competitive edge: Having something that differentiates the company and can\u2019t easily be replicated. The second is competent management with a good corporate governance structure. Finally, a company has to have high growth potential in terms of the industry it works in.<\/p>\n

My theory of investment is to search for high risk, high return investments\u2026 with good fundamentals. <\/strong>Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m young [laughs]. I think private investment is a really good way to go as it\u2019s extremely beneficial not just monetarily, but also impact-wise. At the same time, you should have a traditional investment such as real estate to fall back on.<\/p>\n

The last great thing I watched was a documentary by Al Jazeera Investigations called <\/strong>The Men Who Sell Football<\/a><\/strong>. <\/strong>It had a really interesting part that looked at how FIFA rigged the game in Africa. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m currently reading <\/strong>Meditations<\/a><\/strong> by Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor during 161\u2013180 CE. <\/strong>It talks about Stoic philosophy and it teaches a different mindset and how to look at things when they\u2019re out of your control.<\/p>\n

In my downtime I like to play padel tennis or try new places to eat. <\/strong>I\u2019m just a typical \u2018shab\u2019 [laughs]. I also try to stay active as much as possible. This is all when I do have the luxury of time, of course [laughs].<\/p>\n

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MARKET ROUNDUP-<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EGX30 fell 1.7% at today\u2019s close<\/strong> on turnover of EGP 837 mn (18% below the 90-day average). Local investors were net buyers. The index is down 5.4% YTD.<\/p>\n

In the green: <\/strong>Eastern Company (+1.4%), Qalaa Holdings (+0.9%) and EFG Hermes (+0.5%).<\/p>\n

In the red: <\/strong>Cleopatra Hospital (-4.4%), Ibnsina Pharma (-4.2%) and CIRA (-4.2%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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