Looking Beyond COVID-19: How Companies Can Prepare for the Post-Pandemic Economy
As COVID-19 continues to sweep across the world, it is has undoubtedly taken the global financial markets by storm. Despite…
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How COVID-19 is Affecting the World’s Sovereign Wealth Funds
Global sovereign wealth funds have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 virus. Several sovereign wealth funds have seen a dramatic…
MENA Q1 startup investments at $277mln; March sees huge drop over coronavirus
A strong start in 2020 led to startup investments worth $277 million in the Middle East and North Africa during…
Global Financial Markets Policy Responses to COVID-19
In early March 2020, the OECD’s Interim Economic Outlook highlighted that the coronavirus outbreak had already caused a sharp declinein…
Global sukuk issuance down 32% in Q1 2020, recovery expected in Q3
The volumes of the global issuance of sukuk, or Islamic bonds, have nose-dived 32 per cent in the first quarter…
UAE ranks world's third largest gold purchaser
The UAE increased its gold reserves this year, becoming the world's third largest buyer of the yellow metal in the…
Property prices in UAE continues to drop
In Dubai, residential property prices fell by 4.05% during 2019, following y-o-y declines of 8.22% in 2018, 5.23% in 2017,…
Egypt Second Quarter GDP Growth to Exceed 1%, Deputy Minister Says
Egypt's economic growth is expected to exceed 1% in the second of quarter of 2020, the country's deputy minister of…
Lebanon In Crisis: FFA Private Bank CEO Jean Riachi Q&A
Global Finance: How is the current crisis affecting Lebanese banks? Jean Riachi: It’s very bad for Lebanese banks. Their…
Envision the World You Want to Re-enter After the Shutdown
Many people, including me, have a deep sense that the world will not be the same when we emerge from…
UAE banks do not require more stimulus from central bank, Al Ghurair says
Banks in the UAE do not need more stimulus from the central bank to deal with the coronavirus impact, although…
Burgan Bank holds its 54th Annual General Assembly meeting
Burgan Bank held its 54th Ordinary Annual General Assembly meeting on Sunday 12 April 2020 at the KIPCO Tower, with…