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Property & Real Estate

UAE’s Emaar Properties gets $1.5 billion loan from First Abu Dhabi Bank: sources

September 18, 2017

Dubai-based Emaar Properties EMAR.DU obtained a $1.5 billion corporate finance loan from First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD, sources familiar with…

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Market Forecasts

Business lending recovery to strengthen UAE banks

September 18, 2017

The UAE banking sector is likely to strengthen this year and in 2018 on the back of increased lending to…

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Market Forecasts

MENA structural reforms woo foreign investments

September 18, 2017

 Arqaam Capital, the specialist emerging and frontier markets Investment Bank.    On Monday inaugurated its fourth MENA Investors Conference in…

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Comment & Analysis

This is where UAE investors are buying property

September 18, 2017

Although property in London remains a firm favourite with UAE-based investors, the latest Global Real Estate Outlook, by IP Global,…

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Executive Moves

Globaleye names Byron Murphy to MD role

September 18, 2017

Murphy, who is British, has been based and licensed in Singapore for the past 17 years, where he has most…

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Comment & Analysis

Central Bankers all at Sea by Gary Dugan

September 18, 2017

Central bankers appear to be searching for a new framework for monetary policy whilst thrashing around with their old one…

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Market Forecasts

The Gulf Is Set To Compete In Africa

September 18, 2017

In the scramble for Africa, key players like the U.S. and China now compete to reap the spoils of the…

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Executive Moves

Falcon Private Bank Has Found a New Chairman

September 18, 2017

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Comment & Analysis

Smaller UAE lenders should consider M&A as bigger banks transform digitally

September 18, 2017

Smaller lenders should consider merger and acquisition options in the UAE’s over-banked market to gain scale, Shayne Nelson, the group…

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Sovereign wealth

Appetite for GCC bonds grows

September 18, 2017

Recently concluded Bahrain sovereign issuance was a sure success, with investors rushing to buy a new high- yield name, shows…

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New Investment Products & Services

Bank ABC sets up office in the UAE

September 18, 2017

The new Bank ABC branch, which is licenced by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, will advise, arrange and market wholesale…

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Executive Moves

Emirati leadership strengthens CBD executive management

September 18, 2017

In this context, Othman Bin Hendi has been appointed General Manager, Corporate Banking.    Hendi joined the bank in 1999…

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