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IFSB issues exposure draft of IFSB-IAIS Joint Paper on Microtakaful

June 23, 2015

Regulators and supervisors in jurisdictions where Takaful (Islamic insurance) providers offer their services have relatively little experience or empirical data…

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DIFC strategy head reflects on memorable first decade

June 23, 2015

By any standard, the Dubai International Financial Centre has had an impressive first decade of business. Chirag Shah, head…

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Kuwait’s Investment Dar loses appeal against lifting of legal protection

June 22, 2015

Kuwait’s Investment Dar said on Sunday that a Kuwaiti court had rejected the company’s appeal against a ruling to lift…

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Saudi lender NCB raises 1 bln riyal capital-boosting sukuk

June 22, 2015

Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank became the latest lender in the kingdom to announce the sale of a capital-boosting Islamic…

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UAE federal government lifts Etisalat foreign ownership restriction

June 22, 2015

The government has lifted the restriction on foreign ownership of Etisalat shares, opening up the country’s biggest publicly traded company…

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UAE launches state bank to finance housing and job creation

June 22, 2015

The Emirates Development Bank was created by the merger of Emirates Industrial Bank and Emirates Real Estate Bank. With…

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IndAsia Fund, Iran’s Middle East Bank form joint venture to tap investment

June 22, 2015

Ahead of the June 30 deadline for a possible accord among six nuclear power nations and Iran over sanctions against…

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Bahrain Sovereign Fund plans more investments in 2015

June 22, 2015

Even as crude oil prices stabilise, Mumtalakat, which has a current portfolio f $7 billion through 38 portfolio companies, is…

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NBO picks arrangers for key dollar-bond issue

June 21, 2015

National Bank of Oman has mandated four banks for a capital-boosting bond, of up to $300 million, which it plans…

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Public Investment Fund, Russian Fund sign MoU worth $10 billion

June 21, 2015

The Saudi Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that commits investment worth…

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Menacorp announces launch of Investor Series

June 21, 2015

C-level executives of top listed companies presented their companies and Q1 results to Menacorp's analysts, traders and clients Menacorp,…

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Ramadan effect weighs on mideast markets as trading slows

June 21, 2015

Stock Markets in the Middle East moved less than half a per cent on the first Sunday during the month…

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