{"id":572382,"date":"2020-06-23T04:36:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T04:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/06\/23\/senior-execs-in-mena-are-optimistic-about-egypt-even-as-they-brace-for-a-sharp-global-slowdown\/"},"modified":"2020-06-23T04:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T04:36:03","slug":"senior-execs-in-mena-are-optimistic-about-egypt-even-as-they-brace-for-a-sharp-global-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/06\/23\/senior-execs-in-mena-are-optimistic-about-egypt-even-as-they-brace-for-a-sharp-global-slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior execs in MENA are optimistic about Egypt even as they brace for a sharp global slowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>Senior execs in MENA are optimistic about Egypt even as they brace for a sharp global <\/strong><strong>slowdown: <\/strong>Senior executives from the Middle East and North Africa are both uncertain and cautious about the effect of the covid-19 pandemic, with nearly three-quarters of respondents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_om\/ccb\/mena-mergers-acquisitions\">a survey<\/a> conducted by Ernst & Young (EY) expecting the covid-19 pandemic to have a severe impact on the global economy. Despite this, executives expect this impact to vary by region and as little as one quarter believe the pandemic will have a large impact on MENA. The survey was part of EY\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ey.com\/content\/dam\/ey-sites\/ey-com\/en_gl\/topics\/ey-capital-confidence-barometer\/pdfs\/22\/ey-22-global-capital-confidence-barometer-march-2020.pdf\">Global Capital Confidence Barometer (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is relative optimism among Egypt-based execs<\/strong>, a third of whom don\u2019t expect the pandemic to have a significant impact on the country. Only one-fifth anticipate economic activity to be heavily impacted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contrast this with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, where the outlook is darker:<\/strong> More than 80% of respondents expect the global economy to be severely impacted and more than one-third predict a deep local recession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But we\u2019re (so far) doing alright as a region: <\/strong>\u201cOne reason MENA countries initially may have felt financially insulated from the pandemic is that many companies in the region are well-capitalized and therefore believe they can operate longer before feeling the financial pinch,\u201d says EY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outlook for M&A remains healthy:<\/strong> When the survey was conducted, many executives anticipated an immediate term slowdown in traditional M&A activity, However, the executives\u2019 intention to pursue M&A until March 2021 is still high at 51%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Egypt, M&A intentions are at 49%, higher than the long-term regional average of 39%. <\/strong>Intentions for the UAE are also solid at 56%, with Saudi executives reporting reasonable appetite, but still down from last year\u2019s survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A word of warning:<\/strong> Surveys have a shelf life \u2014 they\u2019re a snapshot in time \u2014 and this one was conducted between 4 February and 26 March, when the outbreak in the MENA region was in relative infancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior execs in MENA are optimistic about Egypt even as they brace for a sharp global slowdown: Senior executives from the Middle East and North Africa are both uncertain and cautious about the effect of the covid-19 pandemic, with nearly three-quarters of respondents in a survey conducted by Ernst &#038; Young (EY) expecting the covid-19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2367,7128,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-572382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-ernst-young","tag-ma-watch","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"fb4ce119-65c8-4684-a9a5-f3bfb80bdd30","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2020\/6\/250.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[572377],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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