Bank survey shows UAE firms outpace Mena peers in sustainability plans
Organisations in the UAE lead their peers in Middle East and North Africa region in adopting a holistic strategy towards…
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NBK launches a waste recycling initiative in cooperation with Omnia Project Management
Al-Baqer: This joint effort aims at protecting the environment and minimizing waste in line with NBK’s sustainable development strategy …
Generation Start Up: Trigem wants Dubai to become a hub for diamond servicing
Given its dealings with the most valuable gemstone in the world, Trigem’s headquarters is surprisingly humble – a few sparse…
Some gaps still need filling up in Islamic finance
Over the decades, the Islamic finance industry has seen significant growth and is now estimated to have crossed $2 trillion…
Surveys suggest 68% of high net-worth investors will own cryptos by 2022
The current crypto narrative for success holds as a primary principle the fact that demand for cryptos will ignite when…
Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker
Overall business conditions in Dubai’s non-oil private sector economy improved at the fastest rate in over four years in April.…
Bank workers who survive robot uprising stand to make more money
If you're lucky enough to survive banks' coming robot apocalypse, you can expect a raise. While the headcount for…
Fitch Ratings: Jordan's Challenging Operating Environment Constrains Banks' Ratings
The operating environment in Jordan is stabilising but remains challenging for banks, Fitch Ratings says. This is due to below-potential…
Arabian Centres to raise $747 million after pricing IPO at bottom of range
Saudi mall operator Arabian Centres is set to raise as much as 2.8 billion riyals ($747 million) after pricing its…
Global biodiversity is collapsing, warn scientists
Of the estimated eight million species on earth, around a million face extinction, according to biodiversity specialists from around the…
Diversity Is Just the First Step. Inclusion Comes Next.
Most of us, at some points in our lives, have felt excluded: at parties where we didn’t know anyone, in…
Macro and Markets Weekly by Gary Dugan
Trump antagonises China trade talks President Trump, in his own way, has upped the ante ahead of a crucial…