04/28/2016
Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC, the United Arab Emirates biggest bank complying with Muslim banking rules, said it plans to raise 3.6 billion dirhams from a share issue, as first-quarter profit increased.
04/28/2016
Qatari Diar, a real estate-focused unit of sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority, owns 45 percent of Barwa.
04/28/2016
This rapid development is based on the continuous innovation of Avaloq’s software product, the Avaloq Banking Suite, as well as significant demand for BPO solutions.
04/24/2016
The bank made net impairments worth 366 million dirhams in the first quarter, the statement said, up from the net 196 million dirhams set aside for bad loans in the same three months of last year.
04/21/2016
Stable funding, which includes medium-term liquidity, improved to 7.9% in March 2016, as a percentage to total liabilities vis-à-vis 6.6% in March 2015 as the bank continues to improve its liquidity structure.
04/21/2016
Middle Eastern equity and equity-related issuance totalled $228.0 million during the first quarter of 2016, a 92 per cent decline from the first quarter of 2015 and the slowest opening period for equity capital markets issuance since 2011.
04/21/2016
Nadim Najjar, Managing Director, Mena, Thomson Reuters, said: “The value of announced M&A transactions with any Middle Eastern involvement reached $4.7 billion during the first quarter of 2016
04/20/2016
Commenting on the first quarter 2016 performance, Fahad Al Khalifa, al khaliji's Group Chief Executive Officer said: "Our performance in Q1 demonstrates the strength and resilience of our business.