Gulf banks among world's better capitalised than peers
Banks in the Middle East are among the world’s best capitalised institutions, despite their more concentrated regional and sector exposure,…
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Societe Generale Private Banking voted best private bank in the Middle East
Societe Generale Private Banking has been awarded the title “Best Private Bank in the Middle East” for the second consecutive…
SABB Wins The Banker Middle East Industry Award for "Best Retail Bank" in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi British Bank (SABB) has won the "Best Retail Bank" industry award for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by…
Thomson Reuters Acquires Business Intelligence Provider Zawya Limited
Thomson Reuters has announced that it has acquired Zawya Limited, a regional provider of business intelligence and unique tools for…
Swiss wealth management firm earns numerous achievements and accolades
Swiss wealth management expert Falcon Private Bank was awarded 'Best Private Bank, UAE' by World Finance. Since opening its first…
Dubai makes strong progress with drop in credit risk: Analyst
Dubai’s default risk dropped almost four times more than the Middle East average this month as a series of debt…
Saudi Islamic finance assets estimated at $94 billion
Based on analysis provided by Deloitte Middle East Islamic Finance Knowledge Center, Saudi Islamic Finance Assets, valued at $94 billion,…
Middle East millionaire’s wealth surges the most in the world
The wealth of high net worth individuals in the Middle East rose the most in 2011 compared with millionaires in…
Middle East banks struggling to keep up with customer expectations – Research
New research undertaken by Celent on behalf of SunGard, has found that banks in some of the world's fastest-growing emerging…
UAE: Performances of Islamic banking System
With reference to a rating statement from Moody’s, Tamweel is on the verge of beginning a project based on the…
GCC’s strongest banks on Forbes list
A new list is out by Forbes Middle East ranking the 75 largest banks in the Arab stock markets, based…
World Wealth Report 2012: HNW Wealth Declines for First Time Since 2008
The overall financial wealth of high net worth individuals (HNWI[1]) declined across all regions in 2011, with the exception of…