{"id":928211,"date":"2026-07-11T16:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/928211\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:56:15","slug":"moroccan-reda-hilali-among-forbes-middle-easts-top-50-asset-managers-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/928211\/","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan Reda Hilali Among Forbes Middle East\u2019s Top 50 Asset Managers 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marrakech \u2013 Forbes Middle East this Thursday unveiled<\/a> its annual Top 50 Asset Managers ranking for 2026. Reda Hilali, CEO of Wafa Gestion, secured the 11th spot on the list. He is the only Moroccan-based leader featured in this year\u2019s edition.<\/p>\n

Hilali has led Wafa Gestion, a subsidiary of Attijariwafa Bank, since 2016. Under his leadership, the firm\u2019s assets under management exceeded $17.7 billion in 2025. That figure reflects annual growth of over 21%. Wafa Gestion maintained an average market share of 22.4% throughout the year. Hilali previously served as president of ASFIM, the Moroccan asset management association.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Wafa Gestion launched three balanced funds tailored for high-net-worth families. The firm also introduced one long-term fixed-income dedicated fund for an institutional client. These launches contributed to its standing in the regional ranking.<\/p>\n

The Forbes Middle East list spotlights<\/a> 50 leaders from eight Arab countries<\/a>. Their firms collectively managed more than $554 billion in assets in 2025. The ranking covers local and international equities, debt funds, discretionary portfolios, real estate investments, REITs, and private equity.<\/p>\n

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GCC-based leaders account for 43 of the 50 entries. Saudi Arabia leads the ranking with 20 entries, whose firms managed more than $285 billion in assets. Kuwait follows with eight leaders overseeing $94.2 billion. The UAE and Egypt each contributed six leaders. Qatar had five entries, Bahrain three, and Oman one.<\/p>\n

Outside the GCC, Morocco is represented by one leader whose firm managed $17.5 billion. Egypt contributed six leaders whose firms managed $13.7 billion.<\/p>\n

SNB Capital\u2019s Rashed Sharif retained the top position for a third consecutive year, managing $70.1 billion in assets. Investcorp\u2019s Mohammed Alardhi held second place with $62.3 billion. NBK Wealth Group\u2019s Faisal Al-Hamad climbed from eighth to third, managing $48.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Forbes Middle East compiled the ranking using a weighted evaluation. The primary indicator was total assets under management as of December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

The methodology also factored in AUM growth from 2024 to 2025, leadership experience and tenure, key achievements over the past year, and institutional strength.<\/p>\n

Independent asset management firms received higher weight over bank-backed ones. The list is nearly evenly split between leaders of independent firms, with 26 entries, and leaders of bank-affiliated businesses, with 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marrakech \u2013 Forbes Middle East this Thursday unveiled its annual Top 50 Asset Managers ranking for 2026. Reda…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":928212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[15],"tags":[38891,64,374365,255,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-928211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-asset-management","tag-business","tag-forbes-middle-east-rankings","tag-personal-finance","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116902401574030622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}