Managers of Wealth Middle East -Wealth, private banking and asset management news and opinion

Will UAE businesses raise salaries by 4.4% in 2023 to retain talent and cope with inflation costs?

Survey by WTW of 500 UAE businesses say a salary hike by 4.4% is doable

Beehive celebrates official launch of crowdfunding platform in Oman

The company soft-launched in June 2022 bringing an alternative finance solution for SMEs to the Sultanate

Top locations in Dubai that offer highest returns for property investors

Property portal identifies top locations that generate most attractive ROI

Dubai National Insurance launches new partnership with Takalam’s award-winning mental health platform

DNI forms partnership with Takalam to support customers with private and personalized online counseling experience

UAE aims to be among top 10 hydrogen-producing countries globally

The Emirates targets 25 per cent of key markets for low-carbon hydrogen

Interest rate hikes remain a key risk to UAE real estate market – report

Higher-end properties likely to be relatively insulated from rate increases, says Ubhar Capital

Kuwait’s GDP growth to be the slowest in GCC in 2023

However, robust oil revenues will help shore up fiscal deficits, says Emirates NBD

Saudi Arabia confident of attracting more foreign investors

Saudi has made more than 700 regulatory changes as it seeks to attract investors

Saudi Arabia to surpass UAE in receiving FDI in 2023: Report

The report further predicted that the two-way investments between the Middle East and Europe will drive record FDI levels in 2023.

AXA Egypt targets 30% growth rate in premium portfolio in FY 2022/23

The number of AXA’s clients in Egypt reached over 2.1 million at the end of 2022

Bank Muscat crosses RO200mn net profit mark in 2022

Bank Muscat’s operating expenses for 2022 came at RO207.30mn as compared to RO191.46mn in 2021, an increase of 8.3 per cent.

UAE Pledges to Invest $30 Billion in South Korea -Yoon's Office

Seoul's finance ministry said the $30 billion investment would be led by sovereign wealth funds, including Mubadala Investment Company.

Foreign funds’ net selling drags QSE 41 points; but Islamic stocks outperform

The domestic institutions turned net buyers in the main bourse, which saw no trading of sovereign bonds.

Mosaic marks seventh underwriting hub with Dubai office

Three specialist underwriters, along with a finance team member, are based at the new location—the seventh for Mosaic as it approaches its second anniversary next month.

Global pension funds AUMs forecast to hit $25trln in 2025

AUMs fell by $1.3trln to $21trln year-on-year in 2022, says SWFI report

Emirates NBD picks India, UAE as preferred equity markets in EM

2023 starts with a rapid slowdown in the global economy and a material risk of global recession, the bank noted in this year’s first report.

Egyptian T-bill sales surge after latest currency depreciation

The average yield on the 182-day bills climbed to 21.032% from 20.595%

Silver vs gold: Which metal can give me a bigger profit when selling them?

Looking to sell silver jewellery? You may have a more difficult time finding a buyer

Mubadala, US-based Resilience to manufacture biopharma in UAE

As part of the agreement, Mubadala will construct the new facility, where Resilience will manufacture biopharmaceutical-related products

UDC achieves comprehensive sustainability and wins international awards in 2022

The latest global recognition of UDC’s efforts was in December during the SEAL Awards 2022

Alternative Investments