Alternative Investments

07/08/2016

ICC Qatar holds banking workshop in Doha

Representatives from bank, export and important companies, law firms, investment houses, ministries and the Qatar Stock Exchange attended the event.

07/08/2016

Persian Gulf’s Huge New Export: Debt

The energy-producing states of the Persian Gulf are issuing bonds at the fastest clip ever, showing how the oil bust is reshaping the region’s finances despite a near doubling of crude prices this year.

07/05/2016

UAE group Al Jaber to raise $1.6bn from asset sale

Al Jaber will now need to get an additional Dh3.9 billion ($1.06 billion) after already raising Dh1.3 billion ($353 million) from previous sales, it said in its presentation to creditors last week, according to the people.

07/04/2016

Saudi Arabia keen to expand China energy investments

Saudi Energy Minister said he hoped Saudi investments could increase to cover all Chinese provinces and that there was room to grow bilateral trade in both energy and other hydrocarbons products.

07/01/2016

Credit Libanais gets $20M EuroMena Fund injection

The bank’s principal activities include retail banking, investment banking, treasury, capital markets, private banking and asset management, corporate banking, e-banking services, Islamic banking, and other services.

06/29/2016

Fitch downgrades Bahrain's credit rating

Since oil prices began to slide two years ago, the kingdom has been hit with a string of ratings downgrades from all major international agencies.