NBAD wins banking honour
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) won the Best Payments Infrastructure Project in the Asian Banker Award 2012 for…
Comment & Analysis
9412 articles found
Citi Ranked #1 in Global Custody Services – Survey
Citi has been ranked #1 in global custody services by the world's leading asset managers, asset owners and banks in…
UAE Accounts for 31% of GCC Banking Assets
The UAE banks have the largest share of banking assets in the GCC that rose by 8.9 per cent in…
UAE SME loans to jump 20%: HSBC
HSBC Holdings launched on Tuesday a Dh1 billion fund for small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, and forecast that loans…
Qatar sukuk sale driven by yields, economic growth
Qatar and Dubai Islamic Bank are planning to tap the Islamic bond market as a scarcity of Shariah-compliant securities and…
Most Powerful Arab Business Women
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), Sheikha Al-Bahar was placed as the top 100 leading…
Businesses are bullish on the prospects for Sharia-compliant products and services – Research
A global survey of C-level and senior executives shows that demand for Sharia orientated products and services is strong,…
Managers advised to downshift their focus to ‘core millionaires’
Private banks risk neglecting the needs of people with less than $10m of investable assets, according to McKinsey’s 2011 Global…
SATORP's Sukuk named 2012's 'Deal of the Year in the Middle East'
The Banker magazine has named the SATORP Sukuk deal as 2012's 'Deal of the Year in the Middle East for…
Hedge fund fees get makeover as investors take upper hand, reveals Towers Watson research
Only around one-third of outperformance from skill should go to hedge fund managers in the form of fees, with the…
Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management to Partner on Leading Annual World Wealth Reports
Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management have announced their partnership to produce the highly respected annual World Wealth Report, now in…
Bankers find it tough to tap Gulf region’s wealth
On a recent sunny day, Eric Swats, a fund manager at Rasmala Investments, sat under a parasol at a restaurant…