Gulf investors could benefit from EU crisis: French lender
There are opportunities for Gulf investors to benefit from the eurozone crisis, despite the likelihood of recession by the end…
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Top Belgium-based bank to sell private banking unit to Qatari investor
KBC Groep NV, Belgium’s biggest bank and insurer by market value, agreed to sell its private-banking unit to a Qatari…
Barclays stake was 'wrong decision', says Al Habtoor
The chairman of Dubai’s Habtoor Group, which bought into British lender Barclays in 2008, has said he would never invest…
UAE has largest Arab banking system
The UAE maintained its position as having the largest banking sector in the Arab world for the third consecutive year…
Forum to deliberate on Mideast family business practices
The International Institute for Family Enterprises (IIFE) will be hosting ‘the Owners Forum Middle East’ at the Al Bustan Palace…
Saudi Arabia: Leaked cable reveals how royals get rich
A secret cable sent from the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1996, released by WikiLeaks, provides an in-depth…
Barclays stake was 'wrong decision', says Al Habtoor
The chairman of Dubai’s Habtoor Group, which bought into British lender Barclays in 2008, has said he would never invest…
UAE has largest Arab banking system
The UAE maintained its position as having the largest banking sector in the Arab world for the third consecutive year…
Retail asset management industry in nascent state
Despite growing capital pools and rising wealth of expatriates, the region's retail asset management industry remains very nascent. Experts at…
Banking sources: Egypt to extend tenure of central bank chief
Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is leaning toward extending the tenure of Central Bank of Egypt…
Analysis: Qatar unlikely to be white knight for Europe banks
Hopes may be disappointed for an influx of money from Qatar and other rich Gulf states into battered European banks,…
Top Swiss bank rolls out expansion in the Middle East
Lombard Odier, one of the oldest and largest Swiss banks is set to expand in the region with the opening…