Qatar sovereign assets totalling more than 100% of GDP to remain 'solid' until 2021: S&P
Qatar’s sovereign assets totalling more than 100% of GDP are expected to remain “solid” until 2021, premier rating agency S&P…
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Mideast firms ramping up investments with an AI on the future
Middle East entities, especially in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are increasingly streamlining their strategies with artificial intelligence as they…
Bitcoin ban: Saudi Arabia investors to turn to property investment?
What next for cryptocurrency investors in Saudi Arabia? As of August 2018, the trading of bitcoin and other virtual…
UAE’s top real estate firms boost sales in Q2 but slow market weighs on profit
The UAE’s biggest listed real estate companies improved their sales in the second quarter of 2018 as market sentiment buoyed…
Banks have ‘sufficient cushion’ for further realty credit: QCB
Qatari banks have “sufficient cushion” to accommodate further real estate credit, according to a Qatar Central Bank report. The…
Saudi Arabia is stumbling in its effort to build a global financial center
Saudi Arabia is stumbling in its effort to build a cosmopolitan financial center in the Middle East. The oil kingdom…
FX debt to haunt Turkey – Rabobank
The Turkish lira remains one of the main barometers of sentiment towards emerging markets, according to analysts at Rabobank. …
Saudi energy minister denies report that Aramco IPO will be called off
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister denied a Reuters report that state oil giant Aramco’s initial public offering will be called off,…
Qatar’s splurge will further undermine its economy
Regardless of the Qatari media’s promotion of Doha’s ability to confront the Gulf and Arab boycott, now in its second…
Arab Persian Gulf States’ Investment in Russia
Throughout the past decade, Russia’s main sovereign wealth fund (SWF) — Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)—has forged strategic partnerships in…
Korean investors shift funds to Middle East
South Korea’s yield-hungry investors, who were spooked by a Chinese default, are shifting their sights to the other end of…
Distribution challenges for Middle East banks
It has been reported that some 2,900 bank branches were closed in the UK in the past three years. …