Middle East bank battering could claim Lebanon
Following a year with Middle East stock markets down aside from tiny Tunisia, ratings agencies repeated a gloomy banking sector…
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Dubai Drags Its Heels On Release Of $500m In Frozen Funds, Missing Its Own Deadline To End Dispute
The Dubai authorities are continuing to hold $496m in funds belonging to a Kuwaiti investment firm which have been stuck…
Acquirers cast eagle eye on UAE financial adviser firms
Bigger players are eyeing the acquisition of struggling smaller firms, but is there real consolidation activity taking place in the…
M&A Bankers Wanted for Gulf Merger Boom
It’s a good time to be an M&A banker in the Middle East. Just one month into the year,…
Slowing growth and credit demand to fuel bank mergers
GCC’s banking sector has witnessed a flurry of mergers since 2017 and the sector is expected to see a few…
Dubai works to create best ecosystem for startups
Dubai has long been a popular destination for holiday makers and professionals and with a booming entrepreneurial ecosystem, it's not…
Colony Capital acquires Abraaj's Latin American private equity arm
The Middle East’s largest private equity firm, Abraaj Group, has sold its private equity business in Latin America to Colony…
Amundi expands executive committee
Amundi has expanded its executive committee with the appointment of Pascal Duval as head of Retail Solutions and Julien Fontaine…
Pantheon Development launches new $54m project in JVC, Dubai
Pantheon Development launched its second project named “Pantheon Elysée” valued at AED200m in District thirteen of Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai.…
Global investor appetite in GCC debt stays strong
The trend for a sustained upswing in government debt in Mena countries on the back of widening fiscal deficits will…
Egypt picks banks to manage international bond issues
Egypt plans to issue a number of dollar-denominated and euro-denominated bonds as well as green bonds by the end of…
UAE economy to fare well on higher infrastructure spend
The UAE economy fared better in the last quarter of 2018 as compared to previous year and will perform better…