Gulf Finance sees greater growth potential in lending to smaller SMEs
Gulf Finance Corporation (Gulf Finance), an independent commercial lender to small and medium enterprise (SMEs) in the UAE and Saudi…
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Asian bankers call for focus on complementary role
The thirty-first Asian Bankers Association (ABA) general meeting and conference hosted by Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider in…
The Property Correction In Dubai Is Coming
It’s been a year since the Dubai real estate market began to slowdown with the double whammy of doubling of…
Lebanon looks to reform business practices
Lebanon has always prided itself on being a land of personal initiatives. Since its independence in 1943, and throughout the…
Gulf based managers set up dozens of new funds, attract foreign capital – Opalesque
While in the past Middle Eastern investors tended to outsource asset management to Western managers, today we can see that…
Alkhabeer Capital assesses private equity opportunities, challenges in Saudi Arabia
Alkhabeer Capital , a major asset management and investment firm based in Saudi Arabia, and authorized by the Capital Market…
Taxpayers From U.K. to Korea Take on Risk to Help Dubai’s Growth
When travelers breeze though Dubai’s expanded Al Maktoum International Airport in a few years, they’ll probably have the British taxpayer…
Boao Forum Countdown: Chirag Shah
In the run-up to the key conference on economic cooperation in China, The Boao Forum, DIFC's chief strategy and business…
UAE banks record faster growth rates
Banks in the UAE recorded stronger growth rates in lending, deposits and assets in the first nine months of 2014…
Risk Appetite Lifts as Growth Expectations Pick Up – BofA Merrill Lynch
Global investors have a restored appetite for risk amid greater optimism over the outlook for profits and the economy, according…
Lack of monetary flexibility hurts Mena financial markets
Across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region debt capital markets lag behind bank financing and equity markets as…
Enough room for Dubai and UK at the sharp end of Islamic finance
British observers have criticised and praised The Shard, London’s tallest building, in equal measure. Points of disagreement range from…