12/21/2018
Middle East investment in London set to rise 30% in 2018
Real estate firm Savills says investment from Middle East region in UK capital city set to top $1.75bn this year
Research, Comment and Analysis
12/19/2018
2018 in review: What can we learn for 2019? - Julius Baer
“2018 has been very different from 2008 or 2000,” says Chief Investment Officer Yves Bonzon in his video outlook. Instead, he draws parallels with the situation in 1987, when markets recovered rapidly after a sudden correction.
12/18/2018
Lebanon’s banks remain stable, seeing moderate growth
Standing against chaos
12/14/2018
New survey reveals areas where most of Dubai's millionaires live
Highest number of rich people live in Al Karama, Al Safa, Deira, Trade Centre area, Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah
12/14/2018
UAE, China explore means to boost RMB clearing
Agricultural Bank of China's secretary of the Board Directors Wanfu Zhou stated: "we are moving towards a higher level of trade and economic cooperation in light of the Belt and Road Initiative."
12/14/2018
Family offices become financial titans
The growing ranks of billionaires’ in-house investment teams
12/12/2018
Bahrain best for business
The World Bank Ease of Doing Business ranking breaks countries’ complex regulatory ecosystems down into quantifiable components.
12/12/2018
Stewart Lockie Discusses the Opportunities in Retail Banking
Al Ahli Bank has launched a lot of innovative products/services in 2018.
12/12/2018
62.2 Percent of Employers in Kuwait Break Domestic Workers Law
This is the second part of the report on Rights of Domestic Workers Between Legislative System and Enforcement through Law No. 38 of Year 2015.
12/11/2018
A Win-Win: How Saxo Bank's Open Approach To Investing Duly Delivered
The bank now has 120 partnerships with other financial institutions across the globe, including 20 firms that use Open APIs to trade data with Saxo.
12/11/2018
Saudi Arabia reviewing fees on expat workers amid record unemployment
Saudi Arabia's minister of media, Awwad AlAwwad, denied that a review of the fee is taking place.
12/10/2018
Growing Middle East Market for Bombardier Jets
As of the third quarter of 2018, Bombardier claimed an installed base of more than 100 aircraft in the Middle East, or 26 percent market share, excluding very light jets and large corporate airliners.
12/06/2018
Institutional investors adopting factor-based allocations
Three fifths of investors overall planning on increasing factor allocations by 2021
12/06/2018
Over Half Of Fine Art Collectors Have Purchased A Piece Online Sight Unseen - UBS
The percentage of art collectors who have purchased art online before they’ve seen it in person has more than doubled in the past year
12/05/2018
Banks stable on resilient profitability, solid funding
SMEs will benefit through increased loan availability
12/05/2018
Survey Shows 27 Percent of Finance Departments Expect to Deploy Artificial Intelligence by 2020
Despite rapidly growing interest in AI to improve financial planning and analysis (FP&A), only a few organizations are currently using it successfully
12/05/2018
Moody's: GCC banks' stable outlook reflects improving operating conditions and strong capital buffers
Moody's 2019 Outlook expresses the rating agency's expectation of how banks' creditworthiness will evolve over the next 12 to 18 months in the GCC.
12/04/2018
Kuwait 'eyes big private sector role in infrastructure projects'
OBG also shines a spotlight on the country’s rail transit system, which, together with other transport initiatives, is expected to be instrumental in helping the country make the most of its strategic location and carve a niche as a regional hub for
12/04/2018
S&P sees Turkish banks' bad loans doubling in next 12-18 months
“We expect the (banking) sector’s reported non-performing loan (NPL) ratio will double within the next 12-18 months, to about 6 percent from 3.5 percent as of September 2018,” S&P said.
12/03/2018
Revealed: Top 10 companies in Bahrain in 2018
The biggest listed companies in Bahrain by market capitalisation