MIDDLE EAST IN BRIEF

* The Kuwaiti parliament is discussing a proposal to part-privatise the national water and power metering system.

 Ownership of the proposed new company would be split amongst corporate investors (26%), the government (24%) and private investors on the Kuwaiti stock exchange (50%).

 
* The response to the IPO of SMN Power – which closed on 10 October – has been strong, with the subscription level understood to be around 1.6 times the original OMR25 million ($65 million) flotation value ...

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