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Cyprus attracting significant foreign investment in property

This has become increasingly insufficient due to the global nature of markets today.

DFM-listed banks' profit surged 17% to $1.5bn in Q1

Combined profits of companies listed in Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market amounted $5.2bn

SSH to be lead consultant on Emaar’s Creek Beach District, scope includes MEP

SSH’s scope is to provide full multidisciplinary services as lead consultant comprising architecture, MEP, structures and public realm co-ordination.

GCC corporate earnings fall 5 in Q1

Banking and telecom services sectors saw single digit growths in the first quarter net profits that only partially offset the decline in aggregate earnings.

Qatari sovereign wealth fund takes £200m stake in Severn Trent

QIA has pumped billions of pounds into UK real estate and infrastructure in recent years

Gulf Capital eyes tech investments as it braces for new Gulf story

The asset manager also plans to invest in the health care, logistics and entertainment sectors in Saudi Arabia.

Moroccan Overseas Investments Fall 37% in 2018

The Ivory Coast fell to fourth place in 2018, after it were second behind Egypt in 2017 and the first in 2016.

UK Overtakes Japan As Most Expensive Country To Send Expatriates

The average package for a mid-level expat worker in the UK is now £311,240, up 17% from last year.

UAE’s Gulf Capital eyes acquisitions, plans new fund

The private equity firm bought a 70 per cent stake in health aesthetics firm Medica

Israeli firms fly out to woo China investors despite myriad of potential hazards

A trade war with the US and a host of other worries are not stopping some 100 companies from heading east, where they will be welcomed by a massive market hungry for innovation

Modi’s India can do its bit for Middle East and Gulf stability

Gulf investors are central to the development of India’s infrastructure.

Mohammed Al–Tuwaijri, Saudi Arabia’s minister of economy and planning

He left the Air Force in 1993, changing careers to the banking sector. He joined the Saudi British Bank in 1995 as head of risk management.

SEDCO Capital partners with the CFA Institute to showcase best-practice ESG integration in the EMEA region

SEDCO Capital’s own research shows that the balance sheet constraints of Shariah-compliant investors can improve risk-adjusted returns of conventional and responsible investment portfolios.

Al Zahia launches exclusive ramadan campaign for investors and home-owners

Award-winning lifestyle destination offers the market's broadest range of payment plans

Plans underway to renovate all Sheraton hotels in the Middle East

The company is two years in to its transformation programme for the popular brand

Financials, property elevate Dubai, most of Gulf up

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it will grant 6,800 foreign investors permanent residency under a new "Golden Card" system after they invested a combined 100 billion dirhams ($27.23 billion) in the Gulf state.

Qatar stock exchange looks to new ETFs to attract more foreign cash

The index has since cooled, falling about 5 percent since the start of the year on profit taking after last year’s rally and amid international political tensions.

UAE property site Bayut expands into Saudi

The expansion follows Bayut’s acquisition of Lamudi Middle East in April

QSE developing new ETFs to attract more foreign investments

The index has since cooled, falling about 5% since the start of the year on profit taking after last year’s rally.

UAE's decision to issue Golden Card is a bold step: Experts

The Golden Card will invite more professional individuals and versatile talent into the region.

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