12/03/2017
Strong operating environment to support UAE banking sector
Banks to maintain mid-single digit loan growth in 2018
Alternative Investments
12/02/2017
Kuwait’s growth improving on projects
A shift toward a more gradual fiscal adjustment should also reduce the drag on growth while ensuring continued progress on reducing the fiscal shortfall.
12/01/2017
Challenges may come, but UAE's ready for it
The International Monetary Fund said in its latest outlook for the UAE that better days are ahead for the country with the economy right on track for a rebound with a 3.4 per cent surge in 2018.
11/30/2017
Merger will make Mizrahi Tefahot Israel's 3rd biggest bank
Mizrahi Tefahot currently has 187 branches, after opening three branches this year
11/29/2017
IFC loans CIB $100m
This funding is considered the first supporting loan provided by the IFC to a local bank.
11/29/2017
UAE, Saudi Arabia Rise While Qatar Drops In Prosperous Nations Index
The United Arab Emirates Was Ranked The Most Prosperous Country In The Arab World In The 2017
11/28/2017
Feeling the economic pulse
Looking forward, the economy appears to be heading in a positive direction.
11/28/2017
Egypt’s Investments Gatekeeper
The mission at hand is not an easy task by any chance.
11/28/2017
Egyptian Billionaire Sawiris To Launch New Gold Investment Vehicle
Egyptian Billionaire Naguib Sawiris Is Set To Launch A New Investment Vehicle To Acquire Gold-Mining Assets Across The World
11/28/2017
Britain's May Heads to Middle East
She will meet Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, where she will also discuss the crisis in Yemen and the dispute in Qatar.
11/27/2017
Discover Qatar Signs Deal With Global Tour Operator Leaders
Qatar Offers Something Special For Every Traveller
11/27/2017
RBR Seeks Saudi Royal Family Investment For Credit Suisse -Source
RBR’s Bohli Offered Introduction To Saudi Representative
11/27/2017
Abraaj May Be Front-Runner To Buy StanChart’s Loss-Making PE unit
Standard Chartered Has Hired Credit Suisse As The Financial Advisor To Sell Its Private Equity Unit
11/26/2017
UAE's Manazel plans push into Saudi market
The company said it plans to enter the Saudi market "through targeted developments before the end of the year".
11/26/2017
SMBC to set up unit in Saudi Arabia
Japanese financial conglomerate sees kingdom creating opportunities
11/26/2017
SHUAA Capital initiates Egypt operations
This official presence in Cairo is a natural extension to SHUAA’s broader brokerage network, allowing retail and high-net-worth clients from across the region easier access to Egyptian capital markets.
11/23/2017
Family Businesses Need To Fine-tune Their Investment Strategies
Many family offices across the GCC do not have formalized investment strategies or plans in place, although they view this to be an important objective.
11/23/2017
Saudi fund ‘to take over Riyadh financial district’
The first phase of the project is due to launch next year with plans to host the G-20 meeting there in 2020.
11/22/2017
Saudi billionaires said to seek shielding assets amid purge
The purge “is clearly more about the centralization of power,” Hasnain Malik, head of equity research at Exotix Capital, told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday.
11/22/2017
UAE's Bank of Sharjah and Invest Bank in merger talks -sources
JPMorgan is advising Bank of Sharjah on the potential deal, two of the sources said.