South Africa's Sanlam to pay $375 mln for a third of Morocco's Saham Finances
South Africa's largest insurer Sanlam said on Tuesday it will buy nearly one-third of Morocco's Saham Finances for $375 million,…
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Mena cross-border M&A up by 40% in third quarter
Combined outbound and inbound deal activity in the Middle East and North Africa region showed an increase of 40 per…
Meezan Bank acquires operations of HSBC Oman
Meezan Bank has acquired HSBC Oman SAOG Pakistan. The entire operations of HSBC Oman Pakistan are being converted into…
Bank Sohar, Bank Dhofar appoint consultants for due diligence in merger process
In a statement to the Muscat Securities Market, Bank Sohar said, "With reference to our disclosure dated 1 July…
Meet the secret weapon in a $7.1 billion Middle East oil money bid for Santos
John Ellice-Flint was the CEO of Santos from December 2000 to June 2008. During that time the energy producer added…
ME investment banking fees reached US$480.5 million during the nine months of 2015
Thomson Reuters has released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the Middle East region. According to estimates from Thomson…
Egypt: The challenge of the unbanked
Despite the political turmoil of recent years and the financial devastation across the Mediterranean in Greece, Cairo remains sanguine about…
QNB in fray for NBG’s Finansbank stake — sources
Qatar National Bank, Turkey’s Garanti Bank and Fibabanka are interested in an anticipated sale by National Bank of Greece of…
DIB to raise its stake in Indonesian lender to 40%
Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC (DIB) on Saturday said it has received formal approval from the Financial Services Authority, Indonesia (OJK)…
Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance partners with England's University of Salford
The University of Salford in the U.K. has announced that it will be partnering with the Bahrain Institute of Banking…
Kuwait Finance House CEO rules out sale or merger of Malaysian unit
Kuwait Finance House has ruled out a sale or merger for its Malaysian unit, its chief executive told Reuters on…
Qatar bank in talks to buy KFH Malaysia assets
Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest bank in the Gulf Arab region, is in preliminary talks to buy Kuwait Finance…