03/14/2012
Fast-growing markets in the Middle East, Africa and South and Central Asia are attracting insurance players from across Europe to economies with low insurance penetration and in some countries promising demographics.
03/14/2012
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and cash-positive pension funds from Asia and the Middle East are an emerging force behind the high level of global capital currently flowing into the Central London commercial real estate market, according to the latest rese
03/09/2012
Dubai-based Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates, is selling $119 million in so-called dim sum bonds, debt securities issued in the Chinese yuan outside of mainland China, primarily Hong Kong.
03/08/2012
The offshore yuan bond, also popularly known as dim sum bonds from Emirates NBD, forms part of the bank's $7.5 billion Medium Term Note Programme.
03/08/2012
The partnership between Knight Frank and ADNP provides NBAD’s client base with direct access to property both inside and outside the UAE, links the capital markets around the world, and gives Knight Frank’s global residential and commercial cl
03/06/2012
A Northern Trust survey of 121 institutions, predominantly pension funds, in Europe, Asia and North America, forms the basis of the white paper entitled, Customized Beta: Changing Perspectives on Passive Investing.
02/29/2012
Hedge fund assets may hit $2.1 trillion in 2012: survey
The survey, which covered more than 600 institutional investors representing $1.04 trillion of hedge fund assets, found that investors expect their hedge fund portfolios to return 8.6 percent in 2012, down from 11 percent last year.
02/24/2012
Dubai launches Middle East’s most expensive chocolate
Dubai has launched the Middle East’s most expensive box of chocolates, priced at $105 per pound.
02/24/2012
Deutsche Bank Publishes Tenth Annual Alternative Investment Survey
Deutsche Bank today announced the results of its tenth annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted in December 2011 by the Bank's Global Prime Finance business.
02/16/2012
$313m movie fund set up for MidEast investors
Twickenham Film Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the solely Middle East-backed Oasis Film Fund, part of the Twickenham Film Group of companies.
02/03/2012
Mr. Keitel believes that equity markets are further trending in positive direction due to improved global macroeconomic conditions, stabilizing policy measures taken in Europe, and the European Central Bank’s strong liquidity support for Eurozone ba
01/29/2012
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has announced that from 30th January 2012, its new mutual fund, the NBAD Cautious Income Fund, will accept subscriptions.
01/25/2012
Multimedia Review depicts people, organization continuously adapting to meet client and community needs
01/24/2012
The Association is a platform for facilitating more investment by private equity and venture capital funds in the region, exchanging information, and lobbying for a better investment environment.
01/19/2012
Qannas Investments, managed by ADCM, will take the form of a newly-established closed-end investment vehicle and will invest in under-valued equities and debt instruments in countries within the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region.
01/16/2012
He said the Qatar Holdings, which owns around 20% in the London Stock Exchange, will do a feasibility study of the CSE in an effort to invest in a 'sizeable' stake.
01/16/2012
Royal Bank of Scotland is in talks to sell its mergers and acquisitions business in the Middle East and cut some jobs as part of a global restructuring at the U.K. bank, its regional head said on Monday.
01/08/2012
The contract is part of a partnership established by Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishaal Al Saud, who runs Al Shoula Holding Group, a Saudi-based conglomerate with interests in construction, finance and aviation.
01/03/2012
Dubai government bond yields tumbled the most in four weeks after the Gulf emirate pledged to halve its 2012 budget deficit as state companies confront $15.5bn in debt maturing this year.
12/30/2011
HSBC’s The Future of Retirement programme is a leading independent study into global retirement trends. It provides authoritative insights into the key issues associated with ageing populations and increasing life expectancy around the world.