Gulf issuers eye private placements
A growing number of Gulf lenders are issuing bonds through private placements bonds, bankers operating in the region said. …
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Brazil sees more growth opportunities in the Middle East
The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) has expressed strong optimism over the Middle East as source of investments after a…
Takaful: Specific regulations to improve insurance penetration
Takaful is experiencing rapid growth in the GCC and some regulators have recently responded by proposing a host of new…
More foreign lenders are expected to enter Turkey’s lucrative banking market
More foreign lenders are expected to enter Turkey’s lucrative banking market, according to Italian banking giant UniCredit’s CEO, Federico Ghizzoni.…
International Monetary Fund upbeat on Dubaispan
The robust growth for Dubai in the coming years will be driven by big real estate projects IMF said ina…
Qatar’s Islamic banks continue on growth path
Islamic banks in Qatar are gaining strength, with sharia-compliant lenders outperforming their conventional counterparts in many areas during 2013, despite…
International Monetary Fund upbeat on Dubai
Sustained fiscal consolidation and brightening growth prospects have been strengthening Dubai’s resilience to external shocks as the emirate gears up…
Middle East infrastructure sector needs increasing private finance
Despite the wealth of many of the Middle East region’s governments, private finance is expected to play an increasingly important…
Gulf banks start to muscle in on global bond deals
When the Kenyan government issued a debut $2bn Eurobond last month, most of the lead arrangers were top Western and…
Middle East Investors Expected To Spend Us$180 Billion In Global Real Estate Markets Over Next Decade
Middle Eastern investors are expected to spend US$180 billion in commercial real estate markets outside of their own region over…
Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund Targets Chinese Growth
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, kept target asset-allocation ranges constant last year…
GCC: Banking assets surge 12.2% to $1.1 trillion in first quarter
Driven by UAE banks, net profits of GCC lenders jumped 9.3 per cent year on year in the first quarter…