Market Forecasts

Investment Banking

SHUAA Capital progressing with potential combination with ADFG; releases Q1 2019 earnings

May 16, 2019

SHUAA Capital confirms it is progressing with its potential transaction with ADFG through a strategic investment structure where-in the combined…

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Financial Results

UAE's Finablr shares down as much 5% after London market debut

May 15, 2019

Shares in payments and foreign exchange company Finablr slipped in early trading on Wednesday, falling by as much as 5%…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Bahrain receives first instalment of Gulf aid, expects deficits to fall

May 9, 2019

Bahrain said it received $2.3 billion last year and is expecting another $2.28 billion in 2019 under an agreement with…

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Financial Results

Huge Growth of Middle East Consumer Banking Market to 2025

May 9, 2019

Consumer banking is the typical mass-market banking in which individual customers use local branches of larger commercial banks. Services offered…

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Financial Results

Qatar Islamic banks' total assets rise 1.77% in 9 months in 2018: OBG

May 8, 2019

The total assets of Qatar’s four Islamic banks rose by 1.77%, while their financing assets climbed by 3.81% in the…

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Financial Results

DFM-listed banks report AED5.51 bn net profit

May 8, 2019

Underpinned by rising operating revenues, the Q1 combined net profit of banks listed at Dubai Financial Market soared to AED5.51…

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Financial Results

Dubai DFM-listed banks report $1.50bln net profit

May 8, 2019

Underpinned by rising operating revenues, the Q1 combined net profit of banks listed at Dubai Financial Market soared to AED5.51…

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Comment & Analysis

Macro and Markets Weekly by Gary Dugan

May 7, 2019

Trump antagonises China trade talks   President Trump, in his own way, has upped the ante ahead of a crucial…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Expert: Dubai property prices will not bottom in 2019 or 2020

May 7, 2019

The latest bear market in Dubai real estate is now five years old and prices of villas and apartments even…

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Comment & Analysis

UAE private sector growth picks up at fastest pace since December 2017: PMI

May 6, 2019

DUBAI: Growth in the United Arab Emirates' non-oil sector picked up in April at its fastest pace since December 2017…

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Comment & Analysis

Saudi non-oil economy sees strong business conditions in April, says Emirates NBD

May 6, 2019

Business conditions in Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector in April remained at their highest level since the end of 2017,…

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Market Forecasts

Assets of Saudi investments funds grow by 15% in 2018

May 3, 2019

Assets of Saudi investment funds rose by 15.2%, or SAR 38.28 billion ($10.2 billion), year-on-year in 2018.   The value…

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