04/12/2021
Dubai improves ranking on lifestyle index as the rich continue luxury spending
Julius Baer Lifestyle Index 2021 is based on the prices of a basket of consumer goods and services that reflect the HNWI lifestyle
Wealth & Asset Management
04/12/2021
BMO refocuses Wealth Management business for North American growth, announces sale of EMEA Asset Management business
As part of the transaction, BMO and Columbia Threadneedle will also establish a strategic relationship to offer BMO's North American Wealth Management clients opportunities
04/09/2021
Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2021: Key Findings
Julius Baer’s Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2021 explores the evolving world of high-end consumption.
04/06/2021
Gulf states should not ignore value of talented, wealth-creating expats - PwC
PwC says increasing taxes could weigh on businesses and impede efforts to attract foreign investment
04/06/2021
Labuan IBFC: The Fastest Growing Captive Insurance Centre in Asia and MENA
The report also indicated that although global captive numbers fell slightly in 2020, there was a surge in captive cell formations, which provides an efficient and convenient alternative to single parent captive structures.
04/06/2021
Abu Dhabi investment firm buys UAE wealth manager
Company ‘aims to be the one stop shop for its clients’
04/06/2021
Objectway As You've Never Seen It: A Tale Of A Rebranding
We pursue a different, fresher and original style; starting from the website to the product offering, the whole Objectway’s imagine experiences a radical metamorphosis.
04/05/2021
Saudi asset management industry remains resilient, cautiously optimistic in 2021
Data shows Saudi asset management companies have recorded a steady growth in revenue, profitability and assets under management last year
04/05/2021
Multi-Billion Dollar conglomerate acquires leading wealth and asset management firm
With the successful completion of this transaction, AIP is now owned by the investment giant Al Hail
03/30/2021
Views From the Floor – Is Turkey EM’s Patient Zero?
We believe there are increasing opportunities from a sovereign distressed wave which is not yet being priced in, outside of Turkey, today; and our thoughts on the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
03/25/2021
Art Dubai brushes away the blues, set to paint town red
This year, Art Dubai has moved to a new location at DIFC, in a purpose-built venue that ensures COVID-19 safety protocols.
03/22/2021
An in-depth look at wealth structuring trends in Bahrain
The availability of a robust wealth legislation needs to be complemented by essential services.
03/14/2021
Are GCC families leading or lagging in sustainable investing?
Sustainable investing overturns the idea that investing is purely for profit and can ignore the impact it generates
03/11/2021
Six Bahrain-based CEOs in Forbes Middle East list
Placed 25th, James Eastlack is the highest-ranked official from the kingdom on the list
03/04/2021
Nikko Asset Management: Future Quality Insights - March 2021
The winds of change: Strengthening our commitment to ESG
03/02/2021
Nedbank Private Wealth celebrates its 10th anniversary in Dubai
This was clear from the introduction of five and ten-year long-term residency visas in 2019, as well as the more recent ‘right to retire’ initiative, and the extension of citizenship on an invitation-only basis
02/26/2021
Private bank to close Dubai operation
All clients with relationship managers in the UAE ‘will now be looked after by the London office’
02/25/2021
UAE wealth firm unveils female-only adviser division
Company hopes the unit will make ‘more women seek financial advice’
02/21/2021
Billionaire Naguib Sawiris Joins Egypt’s Gold Rush
The deals, which will see AKH Gold invest about $4.1 million to search for gold in nine sectors in the Eastern Desert.
02/18/2021
Revealed: Arbuthnot shuts Dubai office as managing director exits
Arbuthnot Latham will close its Dubai office at the end of May, less than a decade after launch.