08/17/2015
The Rise of Crowdfunding in the Middle East
Middle East crowdfunding platforms are springing up across the Internet. Are they really a viable alternative to traditional SME financing?
Alternative Investments
08/17/2015
ArthVeda launches $250 million real estate fund focussed on India
Offering GCC investors an opportunity to reap dividends from India’s mid-income residential real estate growth, global asset management firm ArthVeda Fund Management today launched STAR Fund II with a corpus of $250 million.
08/17/2015
Centaur Group Finance Launches the 'Centaur Natural Resources Bond 3'
The listing agent for the Bond is Cohort Ltd.
08/17/2015
PM Modi in UAE: Abu Dhabi has deep pockets, but will it loosen purse strings for India?
Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital where Modi is currently camping, has a sovereign wealth fund of about $800 billion.
08/13/2015
CBRE names global investment chief as Dubai staffs up
CBRE Global Investors, the asset-management affiliate of the world's biggest commercial real estate services company, has named T Ritson Ferguson to the new post of global chief investment officer.
08/11/2015
Lamudi real estate dot-com firm launches business in UAE
The statement cited the Dubai Land Department as reporting that investment in the city’s real estate sector exceeded $831m in the first half of 2015
08/11/2015
ADIB rights to start trading on ADX on August 16
Shareholders can subscribe for new shares at a price of AED 3 per share.
08/10/2015
ADX eyes derivatives market launch in 3 years
ADX aims to diversify market through IPOs by retail, health care, education companies
08/10/2015
Revenue diversification key to fiscal management in GCC
GCC will need to reassess the structure of state budget, which may warrant tax and spending related reforms
08/10/2015
Oman reworks its inward investment strategy
Changes are being effected across key sectors to entice overseas investors
08/10/2015
A.M. Best affirms ratings of Oman Insurance Company
OIC’s capital position is expected to remain strong through good internal capital generation
08/10/2015
Arcapita on investments in Saadiyat and beyond
Arcapita believes that the transaction offers investors a unique opportunity to invest in the residential real estate sector in Abu Dhabi
08/07/2015
Takaful takes 13 per cent of Egyptian insurance market
Egypt’s Takaful insurance companies represent 13 per cent of the country’s total insurance market in which 32 companies operate including eight Takaful providers.
08/07/2015
Residential properties in Turkey continue to gain value
Since the easing of regulations related to property ownership by foreign nationals in 2012, tens of thousands of foreigners have acquired properties in the country
08/06/2015
Trading begins in key BD150m bondS
In a statement, the exchange said the bonds, floated to raise BD150 million, will be traded under the symbol GDEV9.BND.
08/06/2015
SAMA steps up funds drive
The government plans to issue bonds on a monthly basis in the remaining period of 2015 to fund the expected deficit in its budget, sources told the 'Maal' magazine.
08/05/2015
Investors Check Into Hotel Sector
Hotel sales world-wide are on a scorching pace after totaling $42 billion in the first half
08/05/2015
NBE postpones issuance of international bonds
Bank repays bonds, amounting to $600m, which it offered in August 2010
08/05/2015
Asiya Investments chief’s sanguine focus on China
This must be a scary time to be a committed investor in China.
08/05/2015
The Ex-Banker and His Sheikh-Backed Start-Up
A former Deutsche Bank banker is starting a Middle East-focused private-equity and advisory firm backed by an Abu Dhabi sheikh that plans to capitalise on rising investment opportunities in the region.