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Investment Banking

SHUAA steps up support to address frozen credit markets with its strengthened corporate restructuring and financial services

June 3, 2020

SHUAA Capital has announced the strengthening of its specialised corporate restructuring service, to support reenergising the business sector.   Specially…

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Comment & Analysis

UAE and Saudi women control assets worth $326bln – BCG

June 3, 2020

Women’s wealth in the Middle East is expected to grow to $1.1 trillion from the current $786 billion during the…

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Awards and Recognition

SABB named ‘Best Trade Finance Bank’ in Saudi Arabia

June 3, 2020

SABB has been named by Global Trade Review magazine as the “Best Trade Finance bank in Saudi Arabia” for the…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Saudi wealth fund suspends plans to change $10 bln loan terms – sources

June 3, 2020

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has suspended plans to change some of the terms of a $10 billion loan it…

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Comment & Analysis

How MENA's largest broker EFG Hermes is coping with remote working

June 3, 2020

EFG Hermes, Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) largest brokerage house by market share, has most of its employees across…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

First Abu Dhabi Bank sells $500 mln in Formosa bonds

June 3, 2020

First Abu Dhabi Bank, the United Arab Emirates’ largest lender, last month sold $500 million in privately placed 30-year Formosa…

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Islamic Finance

Qatar capital market seen needing short-term, good quality Shariah products

June 3, 2020

Qatar's capital market needs short-term good quality Islamic money market products to help the banking sector strengthen the liquidity during…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Bank ABC in founding partnership deal with Bahrain Fintech Bay

June 3, 2020

Bank ABC along with its subsidiaries, the digital and mobile-only ila Bank, and the MEA region’s leading payment solutions provider…

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Comment & Analysis

Divergence in Reality

June 3, 2020

“Finally!” is the emotion that springs to our minds as large part of the globe shifts gears from managing through…

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Coronavirus

Dubai's DIFC firms to benefit from group healthcare scheme

June 3, 2020

Dubai International Financial Centre  announced today it has signed an MoU with EC3 Brokers to introduce a new group health…

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Comment & Analysis

The Gulf’s sovereign wealth funds ‘need to be deployed’ amid coronavirus crisis, expert says

June 3, 2020

The Gulf region’s twin shock of the coronavirus pandemic and severely weakened oil prices continues to pressure its economies, with…

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Comment & Analysis

Middle East returns to normal life amid strict COVID-19 measures

June 3, 2020

Efforts to return life gradually back to some kind of normality in parts of the Middle East continue, as governments…

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