03/02/2015
Dubai IPO Flops No Deterrent as Daman Plans Sale in Weeks
Daman Investments PSC, a Dubai-based fund manager, plans an initial public offering within weeks even after recent sales in the emirate were among the region’s worst in a decade.
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03/02/2015
Emirates Money signs partnership with CNH Capital
This represents an impressive 15 percent growth compared to 2012
03/02/2015
Jadwa Investment recognized as the Best Asset Manager in KSA and the Middle East
Jadwa Investment, the leading specialist asset management and private equity firm in Saudi Arabia, has won the EMEA Finance Magazine Best Asset Manager in Saudi Arabia
03/01/2015
Abu Dhabi-backed firm splashes out $31.2m to poach former JPMorgan aide
Carlyle Group, the US private equity firm in which Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Company owns a 7.5 percent stake, paid its co-president who was hired last year from JPMorgan Chase & Co $31.2 million in 2014
03/01/2015
QTA, QDB to establish Tourism Incubation Zone
Qatar Tourism Authority ( QTA ) hosted the signing of a contract between Qatar Tourism Authority ( QTA ) and Qatar Development Bank (QDB) on February 25th, under which QTA is to establish the first Corporate Incubation Zone at QBIC
03/01/2015
A.M. Best on the new UAE insurance regulations
The new regulations represent a significant step forward for the UAE
03/01/2015
Eiffel Management Limited acquires DIB stake in Emirates REIT Manager
Emirates REIT announces that Eiffel Management has today acquired Dubai Islamic Bank 's (' DIB ') 25% stake in Emirates REIT Management (Private) Limited (the "REIT Manager"), the manager of Emirates REIT (CEIC) Limited ('Emi
02/27/2015
“Meier on Rothschild” Tower has broken the Israeli highest sales record
The company reported that it has retained the services of the Italian super designer, Patricia Urquiola to design the internal space of the “SUMMIT PENTHOUSE”.
02/26/2015
ITA grows Middle East business in Dubai Int’l Finance Centre
Investors Trust Assurance has opened an office in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) to increase its activity in the Middle East
02/26/2015
Saudi plan to open stock market to foreign investors at ‘advanced’ stage
Saudi Arabia’s plan to open its stock market to foreign investors is at an “advanced” stage, and the kingdom has already received substantial interest from overseas
02/26/2015
Doga to launch Turkey's first Islamic insurance product
Turkey's Doga Group plans to enter the takaful, or Islamic insurance, market in the coming months with what would be the country's first such product.
02/26/2015
Egypt turns to Europe for investment
We are building this economy on structural reforms, and not to continue on the aid
02/26/2015
London mayor expects ‘spacecraft full of bullion’ from Arabian Gulf to land in his city
There’s lots going on
02/26/2015
Tanmiyat Global inks partnership with Amlak Finance
Tanmiyat Global has announced an agreement with Amlak Finance to provide mortgage services for its Living Legends development.
02/25/2015
Demographic dividend 'to drive growth in Bahrain...'
The GCC has some of the strongest fundamentals in any region of the world, said Dr Kotilaine during the opening panel discussion at the 4th Euromoney GCC Financial Forum yesterday.
02/25/2015
Dubai developers out to prove a point in London
Dubai realty exhibition gives them a chance to bring back overseas investors
02/24/2015
GCC insurance industry value triples - premiums increase to $18.4 billion
Regional and international Bancassurance and insurance experts have gathered in Dubai today to discuss the impact of changing regulations, market trends and projections on driving profitability in the Middle East’s Bancassurance sector
02/24/2015
Fine art of finance with Emirates Investment Bank chief
Art is an investment, and it’s also part of our corporate social responsibility programme
02/23/2015
Arzan Wealth Acquires $127 million Office Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Arzan Wealth Limited, a Dubai-based advisory firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, is pleased to announce that it has advised a consortium of investors on the $127,000,000 acquisition of the global headquarters building of Lenovo&r
02/23/2015
Dubai's Abraaj buys stake in Turkish online retailer
No purchase price or stake size was given in the statement, which said that Abraaj would also invest in Evmanya and Altincicadde, furniture and home accessory subsidiaries of Hepsiburada.