NBK Wealth Wins Best Regional Investment Focus of the Year 2026

• This win is an achievement that reflects the Group’s leadership at the MENA region level due to its solid investment approach and the professional expertise of its Asset Management team.
• The conventional and Islamic investment funds run by the Group registered exceptional performance.
• NBK Wealth is the largest wealth management in Kuwait and among the largest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

NBK Wealth, the leading Group in wealth management, announced achieving a new milestone that reflects its leadership in asset management in the MENA region, winning the award of “Best Regional Investment Focus of the year”, as part of the Asset Management Excellence Awards in the Middle East for the year 2026, presented by the global platform MandateWire, which is affiliated with the Financial Times.

These inaugural awards shed light on the institutions leading the future of investment in the region and setting new standards of excellence in the field of asset management, as well as showcasing the contributions of these institutions in promoting economic growth and developing capital markets in the Middle East.

The MandateWire Middle East Asset Management Excellence Awards adopted a rigorous methodology for judging and selecting winners, based on four key pillars: evaluating measurable performance and its ability to outperform benchmarks, the level of innovation in products and processes, the actual impact on clients in terms of results and investment experience, in addition to contributing to market development and enhancing industry practices.

The judging committee based its selection of the winning institutions on an evaluation of the participating entities' performance during the period from June 2024 to June 2025.

Prudent Strategies

Winning this prestigious award demonstrates the strength of NBK Wealth’s investment approach, which combines a constant pursuit of sustainable capital growth with reliance on precise and prudent strategies, along with developing innovative solutions that seek to meet client aspirations and seek to support strong long-term returns. With this approach, the Group has been able to make successive accomplishments, which plays a role in boosting customer confidence and Group leadership.

This recognition also reflects the high level of professional expertise of the Asset Management team at NBK Wealth, which is comprised of leading equity, fixed-income and liquidity specialists with diverse experience spanning several decades in portfolio management, trading, financial and credit analysis, and treasury management. The team has consistently delivered exceptional performance across a group of conventional funds and Shariah-compliant funds, which contributed to adding value to the Group clients, noting that past performance does not guarantee future results.

The asset management team at NBK Wealth follows a dynamic approach in fund management that deeply understands investor trends and makes continuous efforts to grow the client network in Kuwait and the MENA region, optimizes investment maturities, and develops the best and most innovative equity, fixed-income and liquidity products, while taking into account the changing conditions of global financial markets. The team also manages separate accounts (SMAs) for high-net-worth clients through diverse strategies that suit their various preferences, whether in conventional or Sharia-compliant products.

NBK Wealth enjoys a leading position as the largest wealth management group in Kuwait, and it’s among the largest in the MENA region, based on a global network that extends across nine cities in five countries.

The Group offers comprehensive financial solutions designed to meet the needs of high-net-worth individuals and families in the Middle East and North Africa region, utilizing its strength, high creditworthiness, and regional and global reach of the NBK Group. The Group also continues to seek to enhance its clients’ ability to achieve their long-term financial goals through its extensive experience and commitment to innovation in investment strategies.

The NBK Wealth’s winning of the “Best Regional Investment Focus” award for 2026 confirms its continued commitment to excellence and innovation and reinforces its position as a trusted destination that combines deep expertise, strategic vision and the ability to seek to deliver sustainable value to clients in rapidly evolving markets.

It is worth noting that NBK Wealth is a brand registered under the name of National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P (“NBK”), for use by the Asset Management business of, among other NBK group entities, Watani Investment Company K.S.C.C. , a leading investment firm and its affiliates worldwide, combined with the Private Banking services of NBK worldwide, which is one of the largest and oldest financial institutions in the region.

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