03/09/2016
GCC set to tap global loan market to finance deficits
Qatar is seeking $10 billion, while Oman is looking to tap $1 billion.
Alternative Investments
03/08/2016
Mid-east buyer snaps up $30m of luxury penthouses at Battersea Power Station
The Battersea Power Station Development Company is mid-way through a massive redevelopment of the Grade I-listed power station south of the River Thames.
03/08/2016
Saudi Arabia to hold out bond mandate prospect to banks
Banks were briefed that the largest lenders on the loan, which may be as much as $10 billion, will also probably be appointed to arrange the bond
03/07/2016
UAE payments firm in talks with Iranian banks
The company is in talks with the banks about how it could begin processing debit, credit and other payment transactions without breaching the remaining economic sanctions against Iran
03/07/2016
New Abu Dhabi property laws to widen investment opportunities for expatriates
Cityscape Abu Dhabi Market Overview speakers scrutinize growth areas in UAE capital real estate market amid oil freeze deal debate
03/07/2016
Commercial Bank of Qatar says raises 2 bln riyals of Tier 1 capital
The Gulf Arab state's third-largest lender by assets will use the funds to "strengthen the bank's capital adequacy ratios
03/07/2016
Saudi Arabia to hold out bond mandate prospect to banks
Banks were briefed that the largest lenders on the loan, which may be as much as $10 billion, will also probably be appointed to arrange the bond
03/06/2016
Qatar Investment Authority invests $1.3bn in LA office portfolio
QIA declined to comment on the transaction or the fund’s specific investment plans for North America.
03/04/2016
Iran to Get Luxury Hotel Along Caspian Sea as Tourism Thaws
Iran’s first foreign-branded hotels in decades arrived in October
03/03/2016
Guidance Investments attracts GCC investors by offering stable returns in high growth Asean markets
The Fund focuses on logistics and industrial real estate in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.
03/03/2016
UAE's Network International agrees to buy Emerging Markets Payments Group
Dubai's largest bank, Emirates NBD ENBD.DU, owns 51 percent of Network International
03/03/2016
Dubai: UAE Exchange CEO wins Finance CEO of the Year Award
UAE Exchange has always attempted to be innovative, revolutionising its products to enhance customer experience.
03/03/2016
UAE currency Dirham liquidity strong
The chief executive said some of the foreign banks are "extremely" aggressive in the top end of the market and that is helped with foreign liquidity coming in.
03/03/2016
Carillion to partner with Oman’s sovereign wealth fund to build hospitals
Carillion operates in a number of GCC states through joint ventures such as Al Futtaim Carillion in the UAE and Carillion Alawi in Oman.
03/03/2016
Oman c.bank chief: rising bond yields driven by market
It is driven by the market, we are leaving it to the market
03/02/2016
Mideast online retailer Souq.com raises $275 million from investors: Reuters
In a separate statement, Standard Chartered Private Equity said it had invested $50 million in Souq.com for a minority stake. It did not specify the stake size.
03/02/2016
S'pore, Iran ink bilateral treaty on investment
Singapore is the second country, after Japan, to sign a bilateral investment treaty with the Middle Eastern nation after international sanctions were lifted in mid-January.
03/02/2016
Investment banking arm of Qatar's Barwa scours Turkey for deals -acting CEO
The bank, which is also involved in private equity and asset management, is particularly interested in Turkey's real estate, healthcare, education and food and beverage industries, Al Obaidan said.
03/01/2016
Promising real estate investment markets in the Middle East over the next year and beyond
With property prices changing rapidly as a result, new properties being built and old ones being redeveloped
03/01/2016
Rising UAE-China trade spurs growth in DIFC
Total value of 295 cases handled at DIFC Courts rises to Dh5.56b