UAE Private Sector Growth Slows, Employment Shrinks
Expansion of the United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector slowed to a five-month low in August as total employment shrank…
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Bahrain said to raise $500m as it awaits support from Gulf allies
Bahrain has raised $500 million from a private placement of bonds with five regional banks, giving the island-kingdom much-needed relief…
Egypt’s Aqarmap Secures Investment From Wamda Capital, KISP And Raed Ventures
Egyptian startup, Aqarmap, an online real estate marketplace, has secured investment from a trio of investors which include UAE’s Wamda…
Abu Dhabi Confronts Glut of Banks With Three-Way Merger Plan
Abu Dhabi is engineering a second bank merger in its latest attempt to stay competitive in the era of lower…
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Emerging Markets - Not Wholly Bad News President Trump’s trade wars continue to trouble the emerging markets Stronger…
Qatar’s investments in Germany exceed €25bn in ‘vital’ sectors
Qatar’s investment in Germany has exceeded €25bn in a wide range of sectors, according to the ‘The National Committee for…
UAE most attractive target for Chinese lenders, research shows
The UAE was the most attractive target in the Middle East and Africa for Chinese policy lenders in the last…
Banks blame investors for not assessing risks
Investors, who took exposure to leveraged non-resident rupee deposit products in India and stand to lose heavily from the recent…
VCBank delivers 45pc return after Byrne exit
Venture Capital Bank (VCBank), a Bahraini Sharia-compliant investment firm, has netted a 45 per cent return after exiting its investment…
IMF offers Riyadh praise and words of caution
The most recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Saudi Arabia is bullish on Riyadh’s economic reforms. The IMF’s…
Abu Dhabi exchange's new tick size to improve liquidity
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has started trading with the new tick size for stocks of companies with a share…
Actis bids for Abraaj's emerging market funds -sources
Actis, a leading emerging market investor, has bid to buy the bulk of the private equity funds’ business of stricken…