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…
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Moody’s: High-risk assets continue to dominate GCC insurers’ investment mix
Gulf Cooperation Council insurers continue to face investment risk given the dominance of high-risk assets in their investment mix, Moody's…
Abu Dhabi fund ADIA bullish on infrastructure, alternative investments
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, is bullish on infrastructure and alternative investments in…
Barclays Sees Trade Finance, Working Capital Growth in GCC
British banking giant Barclays sees strong potential for its trade and working-capital finance business in the Persian Gulf as regional…
Coutts Global Markets Weekly – Iraq not yet a global risk
Iraq not yet a global risk The Brent crude oil price experienced a mini spike after the attacks on the…
DFM driven down as fund managers cite ‘violation of margin regulations’
Fund managers blasted at stock-brokers for what they saw as exceeding distribution of leverage to clients after Dubai’s shares declined…
PwC’s latest Middle East capital projects and infrastructure survey
PwC launched its second Middle East capital project and infrastructure survey today. The survey finds a renewed optimism, with 75…
Mobile banking to boost credit card usage to 38%: Blom Bank Egypt official
Mobile banking is set to increase numbers of credit card users from 33% to as much as 38% of Egyptians,…
Multiple banking windows make financial market competitive: CBO
Muscat Introduction of Islamic banking and its windows has added to the diversity of the financial market in the country…
Dubai property a big draw for Chinese investors
Chinese individual investors poured about 1.3 billion UAE dirhams in Dubai's real estate last year, nearly tripling that of 2012,…
Asset management: investing for growth by Christy Bremner – SS&C PORTIA
As the asset management industry returns to growth it’s apparent to me that firms are competing more than ever on…
UAE Bank Warns That Dubai’s Property Market May Crash
The property market in Abu Dhabi and Dubai has shown the first signs of instability, with the central bank of…