Why do UAE and Saudi Arabia want to use blockchain?
Last week, the UAE’s central bank announced it was working on a joint cryptocurrency, based on blockchain, with its counterpart…
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Here’s $160 billion, yours free, no questions asked
This is not a joke, if you need the money that is. According to Wealth-X, a notable site tracking…
Qatar launches new investments worth QR4 billion
Investments worth more than QR4 billion in projects mainly in the health, education, logistical support, agricultural produce, industry and environmental…
MENA Investors' Forecasts for 2018: Walid Mansour, Partner and CIO, MEVP
We picked the brains of investors looking at the Arab world for their expectations of the MENA entrepreneurial landscape in…
Bloom CEO says UAE property market region's top performer in 2017
The UAE’s real estate market outperformed those of other countries in the Middle East in 2017, according to Sameh Muhtadi,…
Alwaleed’s investment kingdom reels without its prince
When Citigroup was battling to survive the financial crisis, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was quick to come to the aid…
GCC Downstream Players Should Brace Several Market Uncertainties in the Coming Years, GDA/BCG Survey Reveals
According to the first Gulf Downstream Industry Survey, conducted in cooperation between the Gulf Downstream Association and The Boston Consulting…
The Middle East and the growing call for bespoke structuring
Why is bespoke structuring on the rise? According to a 2016 report on ultra-high net worth individuals there are…
Interest in Islamic finance growing, says QCB Governor
The Islamic finance industry has grown considerably over the past decade to become one of the fastest growing financial systems…
Wealth Management in a Corporate Bank
Wealth management is traditionally seen as a remit of the universal consumer banks or private banks but a bank in…
GCC’s higher funding needs to boost sukuk issuance from the region
Gulf Cooperation Council countries’ higher borrowing needs are expected drive higher sukuk issuance in the near term from the region…
UAE banking assets forecast to grow in 2018
Asset growth at UAE commercial banks will accelerate in 2018, underpinned by stronger economic activity, according to a new forecast…