Clarity, Access, and Opportunity: Jefferies Unveils Its GCC Index to Capture the New Gulf

The Gulf is no longer an edge case in emerging markets; it is becoming one of their defining investment stories. With the six-country Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) controlling roughly 40% of global sovereign wealth fund assets, the region now sits at the intersection of capital, reform, and strategic ambition across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Yet for many institutional investors, access still lags opportunity: there has been no single, disciplined benchmark for capturing the GCC’s most investable listed companies.