Investment Banking

Executive Moves

Standard Chartered Names Ivorian Legend Didier Drogba as Digital Bank Ambassador

March 8, 2018

Standard Chartered Bank has  announced that sporting legend and Ivorian icon, Didier Drogba, will be endorsing the Bank’s first digital…

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Investment Banking

ICBC lists 2 bonds on Nasdaq Dubai

March 7, 2018

THE Industrial and Commercial Bank of China became the biggest bond issuer on Nasdaq Dubai after listing two new bonds…

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Investment Banking

JP Morgan bolstering Saudi Arabian business in anticipation of FDI flows

March 5, 2018

JP Morgan Chase is bolstering its business in Saudi Arabia, adding new services and hiring staff in anticipation of increased…

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Comment & Analysis

UAE non-oil growth slows to five-month low, says Emirates NBD

March 5, 2018

The UAE’s non-oil private sector economy slowed in February, with business conditions improving at their weakest rate in five months,…

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Investment Banking

EFG Hermes to enter second sub-Saharan African country in 2018

March 5, 2018

EFG Hermes, Egypt's biggest publicly traded investment bank, will expand into a sub-Saharan African country this year as part of…

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Investment Banking

Lebanon’s banks are real reason for country’s resilience

March 4, 2018

Lebanon’s resilience is famous. Since the civil war ended in 1990, Lebanon has survived Israeli onslaughts in 1996 and 2006,…

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Investment Banking

NBK: Fed chair reiterates tightened monetary policy

March 4, 2018

US Fed Chair Jerome Powell iterated on the Fed's path to gradually tighten the monetary policy amid the accelerated growth…

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Investment Banking

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan hire as banks look past Saudi crackdown

March 2, 2018

Global banks are pushing ahead with growth plans in Saudi Arabia four months after a crackdown on corruption.   Lenders…

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Investment Banking

Bank of New York Mellon Corp plans to set up Saudi office: sources

March 1, 2018

Bank of New York Mellon Corp plans to establish an office in Saudi Arabia as early as the second quarter…

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Executive Moves

Deutsche Bank planning UAE hires

February 28, 2018

Deutsche Bank AG is expanding in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as the lender expects sovereign bond sales…

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Investment Banking

Saxo Bank warns of possible global economic slowdown

February 28, 2018

The GCC states are likely to face economic challenges this year due to the increased risk of a global slow-down…

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Financial Results

Standard Chartered restarts dividends as profit returns

February 27, 2018

Standard Chartered has restarted its dividend after leaving shareholders empty-handed for two years, as the emerging markets bank returns to…

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