06/05/2014
There are currently a number of different options for establishing and offering investment funds from the United Arab Emirates, and all of these options are highly regulated.
06/05/2014
A small group of startups and entrepreneurs are hoping to change this mindset with a new array of bitcoin platforms and tools that could deliver much-needed financial resources to an area where only 20% of the population has access to banking services.
06/05/2014
EFG-Hermes Holding SAE added 9.9 percent after Beltone Financial Holding, Beltone Capital and New Egypt Investment Fund, owned by billionaire Naguib Sawiris, said they’re seeking to buy 20 percent of the bank.
06/05/2014
Saudi Arabia, supported by the U.A.E., has called for a donor conference to help Egypt pull out of the worst slowdown in two decades.
06/04/2014
Tenmou, Bahrain’s first “Business Angels” organisation, opened the inaugural Mena Angel Investors Summit at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on June 1.
06/04/2014
Professionals, consultants and special guests have been recognised at the ongoing third edition of Cityscape Awards for real estate in Doha.
06/03/2014
DFM at near 3-week high, driven by funds from money managers
06/03/2014
Mashreqbank PSC, Dubai’s third-biggest lender, expects its consumer business profit to double this year, driven by the wealth and small companies segments as the United Arab Emirates’ economy rebounds.
06/03/2014
The emirate and its entities borrowed more than $110 billion to become a commercial and tourism hub before 2008, with developers relying on bank lending and advance sales of unbuilt properties to propel the world’s fastest-growing real-estate market
06/03/2014
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, a top-tier Islamic financial institution, has launched a new capital-protected note, after the huge success and high demand to the first car manufacturing note, issued by the bank earlier this year.
06/02/2014
With the launch of her signature line in Dubai, Gauri Khan expands her designer dreams to international shores
06/02/2014
QInvest invested US$135 million in GCC real estate in the last 18 months
06/02/2014
The fund intends to capitalize on interest in developing new industrial materials
06/02/2014
Skycrapers and developments around the Dubai Marina area are seen from the Princess Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
06/01/2014
Russia is trying to boost investment from the Middle East and Asia as it seeks to stop its economy from sliding into recession
06/01/2014
Othaim Malls is part of Al Othaim Holding, a family-owned conglomerate
05/29/2014
These figures mark a further deterioration from the April survey, when 27 percent of managers expected to raise their UAE equity allocations and 40 percent expected to reduce them.
05/28/2014
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Khorayef Group signed a financing agreement to arrange a $56.8 million syndicated facilities
05/28/2014
Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today announced an expansion of its network in the UAE with the opening of a representative office of Saxo Bank A/S in Abu Dhabi licensed by the UAE central bank.
05/28/2014
When we have the chance we prefer to source locally, but there are various highly technical services and goods which we require that are not available in Oman