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Moody’s: High-risk assets continue to dominate GCC insurers’ investment mix

July 1, 2014

Gulf Cooperation Council insurers continue to face investment risk given the dominance of high-risk assets in their investment mix, Moody's…

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Mideast funds become more cautious on equities, finds survey

July 1, 2014

Middle East funds have become more cautious about investing in equities after sharp pull-backs in some markets underlined how high…

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Qatar’s overseas investment hit $10.7bn in H1

July 1, 2014

Qatar’s overseas investment during the first half of this year reached $10.7bn (about QR39bn) spread over 11 countries, Al Sharq…

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Barclays Sees Trade Finance, Working Capital Growth in GCC

June 30, 2014

British banking giant Barclays sees strong potential for its trade and working-capital finance business in the Persian Gulf as regional…

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Mideast funds become more cautious on equities -survey

June 30, 2014

Middle East funds have become more cautious about investing in equities after sharp pull-backs in some markets underlined how high…

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Coutts Global Markets Weekly – Iraq not yet a global risk

June 30, 2014

Iraq not yet a global risk The Brent crude oil price experienced a mini spike after the attacks on the…

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Bahrain banks association signs research MoU with 21CC

June 30, 2014

At the signing ceremony at the BAB offices, BAB CEO Robert Ainey said, “One of the main objectives of a…

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Bahrain banks association signs research MoU with 21CC

June 30, 2014

At the signing ceremony at the BAB offices, BAB CEO Robert Ainey said, “One of the main objectives of a…

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Family-owned businesses make up the largest sector of the GCC economy

June 29, 2014

Approximately 80% of non-oil GDP within the Middle East region is accounted for by family-owned business groups. Typically, these privately-owned…

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PwC’s latest Middle East capital projects and infrastructure survey

June 29, 2014

PwC launched its second Middle East capital project and infrastructure survey today. The survey finds a renewed optimism, with 75…

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Mobile banking to boost credit card usage to 38%: Blom Bank Egypt official

June 29, 2014

Mobile banking is set to increase numbers of credit card users from 33% to as much as 38% of Egyptians,…

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Multiple banking windows make financial market competitive: CBO

June 29, 2014

Muscat Introduction of Islamic banking and its windows has added to the diversity of the financial market in the country…

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