Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Comment & Analysis

Dubai must seize opportunity to grow Islamic asset management from US$60bn to US$185bn

October 13, 2015

European Islamic Investment Bank plc, the London-listed asset management and financing group, today published a white paper on how Dubai…

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Financial Results

NBK reports net profits of $754.5 million for 9M 2015

October 13, 2015

Net profits for the 3Q 2015 reached $213.6 million KWD 64.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 9.1 per cent  …

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Financial Results

Abu Dhabi Real Estate Market Remains Stable in Q3, despite slowdown in government spending and weaker sentiment, According to JLL Real Estate Market Overview

October 13, 2015

JLL, the world's leading real estate investment and advisory firm, today released its third quarter (Q3 2015) Abu Dhabi Real…

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Financial Results

Bank Aljazira Q3 profits up 253 per cent

October 13, 2015

Total assets were up 4.08 per cent to SAR 68,308 million. Investments were down 7.15 per cent to SAR 11,290…

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Comment & Analysis

Arab family businesses eye East Asia for expansion

October 13, 2015

An increasing number of large Gulf Arab family-owned business are eager to diversify their revenues by exploring new source markets…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Insurance Authority to launch new regulations by 2016

October 13, 2015

The UAE Insurance Authority said on Tuesday it would launch a new set of regulations around insurance policies to govern…

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Awards and Recognition

UAE named world’s third strongest nation brand

October 12, 2015

The United Arab Emirates was named the world’s third strongest nation brand and the 29th most valuable nation brand, according…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Northern Trust Chooses Clearstream For Its Fund Custody

October 12, 2015

Clearstream’s one-stop shop solution for third party funds processing was key decision criteria   - As a major market player…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker™

October 11, 2015

September data signalled a sustained upturn in output levels within Dubai's private sector economy, helped by growth across all three…

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Comment & Analysis

UAE-Commodities recovery set to begin in H2 of 2016

October 11, 2015

The next six months may prove to be a pivotal turning point in the recovery of global commodities markets according…

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Awards and Recognition

Alizz Islamic CEO Shaksy wins 'Business Leadership' Hono+ur

October 11, 2015

Alizz islamic bank's chief executive officer, Salaam Said al Shaksy, was recently presented with the 'Business Leadership Excellence' award at…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Qatar largest investor from Mideast in global real estate

October 10, 2015

Qatar was the largest source of Middle East’s capital outflow into the global real estate sector last year.    Driven…

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