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Sustainable investing gains traction in Mena region

BNP Paribas says more clients looking to invest in companies with sustainable practices

Egypt's economic outlook improves in 2020-Reuters Poll

The bank left its overnight interest rates unchanged after cutting them at each of its previous three meetings.

Davos 2020 and climate change: How investment risks have shifted over a decade

As recently as ten years ago the environment didn’t register in the top risks for discussion at the World Economic Forum. Now it dominates. This has important implications for investors.

Banks in 2020: Three looming risks in emerging markets

S&P analysed 15 banking systems among largest emerging markets economies

How to Change Course on Climate

The situation is dire, but it’s not too late.

Dubai property market will recover in 2020, says expert

These factors combined with political stability and diversity are just some of the reasons why Dubai remains an attractive place for regional and international investors over both short and long term.

FAB launches 2020 Global Investment Outlook Report

Report forecasts UAE will continue to be a model of economic strength and diversification in the Middle East

Mumtalakat eyes infrastructure investments in clean energy projects

Mumtalakat is also increasingly investing in education in Bahrain.

POLL-Gulf economies to pick up this year following spending spree

A similar poll three months ago, gave the same forecasts for 2020 and 2021 but estimated 0.7% growth in 2019.

Beirut reference rate lowered to 5.75% for dollars - banking association

The statement said this was down from 9.35% for U.S. dollars and 12.45% for Lebanese pounds at the start of the year.

Three Top Trends In Wealth Management For 2020

The most visible trends are the rise of intergenerational wealth, and the growing number of high-net worth women.

How FinTechs Will Come of Age in the 2020s

We view FinTech as an opportunity to offer the best digital financial experience to everyone, everywhere.

Over a quarter of Middle East businesses have no women in their IT department

Businesses in the Middle East are failing to balance their IT workforces between men and women, and a quarter have no women in IT roles

Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg is saving the planet AND reshaping the global investment industry

Her comments at the elite meeting in the Swiss mountain town came just before U.S. President Donald Trump – a global warming sceptic – was due to make a keynote address.

Fast-paced growth of Qatar economy expected to continue this year: Societe Generale

Qatar is the world's leading exporter of liquefied natural gas and holds the third largest gas reserves in the world (estimated at 16% of the global total), it said.

Meet the next digital decade: Middle East experts' tech predictions for 2020

The tech that will shape the Middle East, from 5G and 4G adoption, upheaval in finance, to shifts in retail and AI.

Qatar National Bank Looks to Southeast Asia: CEO Al Khalifa

In his first TV interview since taking the bank's top job, CEO Abdulla Al Khalifa discusses the bank's expansion plan, the Saudi market and the private sector.

Understanding climate risk - McKinsey Global Institute

How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.

GCC Nations Need to Strengthen Investor Protection and Financial Transparency to Attract More Investment, Milken Institute Report Finds

United Arab Emirates ranks first among GCC nations in 2020 Global Opportunity Index

Don't believe media buzz about Arab buying spree in Turkey

The planned waterway — called Canal Istanbul and dubbed a “crazy project” by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself when he first announced it in 2011 — is designed to link the Black and Marmara Seas in what is touted as an effort

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