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Israel – from an emerging-market to a developed-market status

 

1.  Israel was raised from an emerging-market to a developed-market status by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), a leading provider of advice to investment institutions worldwide. South Korea and Taiwan were under review for an upgrade, but remained emerging markets. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were not upgraded from frontier-markets to emerging-markets (Bloomberg, June 16, Globes, June 17, 2009). Israel will be the 18th ranking economy among the 24 developed markets.

2.  “Rating Israel as a developed-market constitutes a vote of confidence in Israel’s economy,” stated Tony Mahoney, Head of International Division of the $148BN HSBC British Bank, who arrived in Israel upon the expansion of HSBC operations there (Globes, June 18, 2009). 

 

 

3.  AOL just appointed its first Israel Country Manager, Avishay Nissenbaum.  AOL employs over 200 persons in its four Israeli companies, ICQ, Relegance, Quigo and Yedda (Techcrunch, April 10).

 

4.  Boston Scientific acquired Israel’s LabCoat for $100MN (Globes, March 20). France‘s Patrick Drahi is acquiring Bank Leumi’s holding (15%) in Israel’s HOT (cable company) for $90MN (Globes, May 4).  

 

5. Astute investors invest in Israel’s cutting-edge high tech industries: DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital, the British billionaire Richard Branson, Balderton and Amadeus invested $15MN in Israel’s GreenRoad (Globes, June1). The Quercus Trust and 21Ventures invested $12MN in Israel’s EVT Motors (Globes, April 27). Evergreen, Canaan Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, J. P. Morgan and Dawntrader Ventures participated in a $10.5MN 3rd round by Israel’s Peer39 (Globes, May 28).  Matrix Partners – a leading cleantech investor from the Silicon Valley and OVP Venture Partners – a leading cleantech investor from Seattle – participated in a $10MN investment in Israel’s Tigo Energy (Globes, May 27). The California-based BridgeFund participated in a $10MN 3rd round by Israel’s Navotek (Globes, June 16). UDT and Ralph Hahn invested $7MN in Israel’s Kamada Pharmaceuticals (Globes, May 4). Benchmark Capital and Sequoia Capital invested $7MN in a 2nd round by Israel’s Cotendo (Globes, March 12). Vinod Khosla, a co-founder of Sun-MicroSystems and a renowned Silicon Valley investor, co-led – along with Burrill & Co a $5.5MN investment in Israel’s HCL (Globes, June 2). France’s Quotium and the EEC invested 2.2 Euros in Israel’s Hactics (Globes, May 14). 21Ventures led a $2.5MN investment in Israel’s VariableWind (Globes, March 6).




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Foreign investment in Israel’s high-tech companies surged to new heights in the 1st quarter of 2021 – $5.7bn in 172 deals – which is up 89% over the impressive 4th quarter of 2020 and double the volume of the 1st quarter of 2020.

2020 was the first year of surpassing $10bn in capital raised by the Israeli high-tech sector from investors in the US, Asia and Europe, who trust the maturity of Israel’s brain power. Investments in Israeli companies more than tripled in six years, reflecting the effective response by Israeli startups to the technological, medical, pharmaceutical, educational, social and digital challenges posed by Covid-19.

Israel’s economic performance in defiance of Covid-19 is presented by Dr. Adam Reuter, the Chairman and Founder of “Financial Immunities,” Israel’s largest financial-risk management firm, and the co-author of Israel – Island of Success:

  1. Israel has led the globe in the rapid administration of Covid-19 vaccinations due to effective negotiations with Pfizer and an efficient, country-wide medical infrastructure.
  2. Israel is the second lowest among OECD countries in the number of Covid-19 deaths per number of Covid-19 cases: 0.7% compared to the 2.3% OECD average. Israel features a young population (median age of 30 compared to the OECD’s 42) and an effective country-wide medical infrastructure, including top level HMOs and hospitals.
  3. Israel is ranked 12th from the bottom among the 37 OECD countries in the number of deaths per million inhabitants: 645 compared to 1,145 OECD average.
  4. The International Monetary Fund’s 2025 GDP growth forecast for OECD countries: Israel – 4%, OECD average – 2.2%, US – 1.8%, Australia – 2.5%, Ireland – 2.6%, France and Canada – 1.7%, the UK – 1.6%, Germany – 1.2%, etc.
  5. Israel’s 2020 GDP was reduced by 2.5%, compared to the OECD average reduction of 4.1%, South Korea – 1%, Norway – 0.8%, Australia – 2.6%, US – 3.5%, Japan – 4.8%, Germany – 5%, France – 8%, the UK – 10% reduction, etc. GDP growth was recorded in New Zealand – 2.4% and Ireland – 3.5%.
  6. In 2020, Israel was ranked 20th among the 37 members of the OECD in terms of GDP per capita, featuring $43,000 (GDP – $408bn), ahead of Japan, Italy and Spain, and very close behind the UK ($44,000) and France ($45,000).
  7. Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio increased from 60% in 2019 to 72% in 2020, compared to the OECD’s average increase from 66% to 82%. The 2020’s debt-to-GDP ratio was 266% in Japan, Italy – 161%, the US – 131%, Germany – 73%, etc.
  8. Israel’s foreign exchange reserves-to-GDP ratio of 41% (3rd among the OECD countries) attests to its financial stability, and Israel’s capability to raise foreign credit promptly in a cost-effective manner. Israel’s foreign exchange reserves in March 2021 – $186bn.
  9. During the past decade, Standard and Poor (S&P) accorded Israel a positive credit rating trend, unlike the negative trend for the G-7 countries. In 2020, notwithstanding Covid-19, Israel’s credit rating (S&P) remained at AA.
  10. Some 380 global high-tech giants operate in Israel, including Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Intel, Cisco, Apple, Verizon, Applied Materials, Dell, HP, Kodak, Oracle, Philips, SAP, Medtronics, GM, eBay, GE, etc. Israel leads the world in the ratio of research and development investment to GDP: 4.9%. 85% of this investment comes from the business sector.

 




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