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A topsy-turvy May for GCC markets: Markaz

The S&P GCC index lost 5.62 per cent for the month due to regional geopolitical events and the inability of China and US to reach agreement on a trade deal.

UAE stays on growth path

World Bank cuts GCC growth outlook by 0.5% for 2019

BCCI To Hold ‘Pensioners And Entrepreneurship’ Forum

The forum aims at guiding and encouraging pensioners and voluntary retirement scheme beneficiaries to start businesses.

Al-Nahedh: Remarkable Progress in Digital Transformation Strategy

In an interview with The Business Year Magazine

UAE is home to 55 billionaires worth $165bn

Forbes magazine earlier this year featured seven Emirati billionaires in its annual list for 2019, same as last year, but the value of their assets declined year-on-year due to a slowdown in the global economy and a dip in property prices in the UAE.

Maktoum Bin Mohammad: Following in his father’s footsteps

Deputy Ruler of Dubai avows his commitment to further enhance emirate’s global stature

UAE among top 10 markets for billionaires globally

Nation home to 55 billionaires, controlling $165B of wealth.

Qatar economy coping with embargo: IMF

The IMF declared Qatar's banking sector healthy but reported a cooling in the property market.

Bahrain’s Mumtalakat grows revenues and assets in 2018

Fund made global and local investments totalling $181m in 2018

Emirati businessman Mohammed Bin Ham Al Ameri joins The Giving Pledge campaign

Founded by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010, the Giving Pledge is a global, multi-generational commitment by some of the world's wealthiest individuals and couples to give more than half of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable

GCC bank merger wave is ebbing

The ratings agency believes the reason for the current wave of bank mergers and acquisitions in the region is the desire among banks with the same major shareholders to further enhance efficiency, strengthen franchises, and boost pricing power.

Egypt Remains Attractive for Investors

Egypt’s debt is offering some of the biggest returns among developing nations, with the yield on its one-year T-bill around 17 percent, or more than triple the average for local-currency debt in emerging market.

Climate change opens up new avenues of investment for sovereign funds

Abu Dhabi's focus on renewables a blueprint for others to invest in similar projects

Global funds favouring bond over equity markets in the Middle East

Borrowers in the GCC are now among the biggest issuers in emerging markets, with sales of bonds and Islamic securities tripling in the first four months of this year from 2016

London still offers attractive buying opportunities for Middle East investors

Middle East Ultra High Net Worth investors (UHNWIs) poured $3.3bn into London's real estate market in 2018, according to a Knight Frank report

Mideast HNWI wealth to grow 6pc: report

The strongest growth rates were observed in Emerging Markets at 7-8%, while Developed Markets trailed behind at 2-3%.

‘Israel is not prepared for the future’

"We walk around with the sense that we are still a start-up," future studies researcher David Passig says, "but we are here for a historic project of thousands of years, and we should start thinking from this perspective."

Revealed: Top 10 most in-demand jobs in UAE, salaries in 2019

Companies are struggling to retain top performing employees

Want to get rich? Move to Dubai

The Emirate ranks high for salaries, disposable income, and safety

UAE investors are the most optimistic in the world - UBS survey

Despite challenges to the global economy, wealthy individuals and entrepreneurs are bullish

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