Comment & Analysis

Comment & Analysis

Middle East investors buying more Central London residential properties

July 9, 2014

International developers are taking on some of London’s largest and most high-profile development opportunities. And while they control only nine…

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Awards and Recognition

Turkish Bank Garanti Wins FICO Decision Management Award for Fraud Control

July 9, 2014

FICO  Bank, Turkey's second-largest bank, has won the 2014 FICO Decision Management Award in the Fraud Control category.   Garanti…

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Comment & Analysis

Islamic bonds ‘Sukuk’ and the capital market

July 8, 2014

Sukuk are investment-financial tools, which considered as Islamic bonds, issued by any Islamic bank (IB). As it is the case…

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Comment & Analysis

Business before wealth: HNW business owners in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

July 8, 2014

Standard Chartered Private Bank (the Private Bank), in partnership with Campden Wealth Research, has launched a report on the wealth…

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Comment & Analysis

Ratings of Bank AlJazira Affirmed

July 8, 2014

Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, today announced that it has affirmed the ratings of Bank AlJazira (BAJ),…

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Comment & Analysis

International Monetary Fund upbeat on Dubai

July 7, 2014

Sustained fiscal consolidation and brightening growth prospects have been strengthening Dubai’s resilience to external shocks as the emirate gears up…

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Comment & Analysis

Moody's affirms the MQ2 assessment of Jadwa Asset Management

July 7, 2014

Jadwa has recently experienced a number of organisational changes with the departures of its Chief Investment Officer in March while…

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Comment & Analysis

Arab banks topple BNP to Standard Chartered as Gulf deals go local

July 4, 2014

International banks retreating from the Middle East cleared the way for Arab lenders to take over as the region’s biggest…

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Comment & Analysis

Middle East Investors Expected To Spend Us$180 Billion In Global Real Estate Markets Over Next Decade

July 4, 2014

Middle Eastern investors are expected to spend US$180 billion in commercial real estate markets outside of their own region over…

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Comment & Analysis

BNP to Standard Chartered Toppled as Arab Deals Go Local

July 3, 2014

Saudi Arabia’s Samba Capital replaced HSBC Holdings Plc as the region’s top syndicated loan arranger in the period, while Standard…

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Comment & Analysis

GCC: Banking assets surge 12.2% to $1.1 trillion in first quarter

July 2, 2014

Driven by UAE banks, net profits of GCC lenders jumped 9.3 per cent year on year in the first quarter…

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Comment & Analysis

24% licensed firms at QFC are domestic

July 2, 2014

Domestic firms make up 24 percent of active licensed firms at Qatar Financial Centre (Authority). In 2013, 29 percent of…

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