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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

GFH General Assembly approves 6.2% cash dividend and strategic capital enhancements

March 21, 2025

GFH Financial Group has announced the successful conclusion of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), held…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

March pensions to be disbursed next Monday, announced the GPSSA

March 21, 2025

This month’s pension payments will be distributed on Monday 24th March 2025 announced the General Pension and Social Security Authority…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

View from the top with Goldman Sachs’ Hilary Lopez

March 21, 2025

Private market investments for high net-worth individuals, active fixed-income ETFs and quant-based strategies are likely to be the three key…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Executive, legislative authorities continue consultations on 2025-2026 state budget

March 20, 2025

The executive and legislative authorities held a joint meeting to continue consultations on the state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal…

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Awards and Recognition

Saudi Arabia dominates Forbes’ 2025 list of MENA’s most valuable banks

March 20, 2025

Saudi Arabia dominated Forbes’ “30 Most Valuable Banks 2025” ranking, with 10 entries boasting a combined market value of $269…

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Investment Banking

BBVA confident on Sabadell bid approval, optimistic on Türkiye

March 20, 2025

Spain's banking major BBVA remained confident that its takeover bid for smaller rival Sabadell will be approved by competition authorities…

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Retail Banking

Emirates NBD recognized as the “Best Foreign Bank in KSA”

March 20, 2025

Emirates NBD  has been named been named the “Best Foreign Bank in Saudi Arabia” at the prestigious EMEA Finance Middle…

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FinTech

Vision Bank becomes operational with Finastra's cloud-native, Islamic banking treasury solution

March 20, 2025

Vision Bank, a Sharia-compliant digital bank in Saudi Arabia, has successfully launched its pilot phase operations using Finastra Kondor and…

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Retail Banking

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait-Egypt signs a long-term partnership with Visa to expand digital payment solutions

March 20, 2025

ABK-Egypt announced the signing of a long-term strategic partnership agreement with Visa, a global leader in payment technology and digital…

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Executive Moves

David Kneeshaw to retire as IFGL CEO

March 20, 2025

David Kneeshaw is to step down as IFGL’s CEO at the end of April 2025, after 21 years in the…

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Executive Moves

Gulf Bank appoints Bader Al-Ali as General Manager of Consumer Banking and Faisal Al-Gharabally as General Manager of International Banking

March 20, 2025

Following the approval of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Gulf Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. Bader Al-Ali as…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

FRA approves fintech integration for 8 non-banking financial, brokerage firms

March 19, 2025

The Financial Regulatory Authority’s  fintech committee has approved the integration of financial technology into the operations of three brokerage firms,…

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