Gulf institutional funds favour Japan, Asia, shun Europe – Pictet
Gulf institutional investors are putting their money into Asian equities, in particular Japanese stocks, but are shunning European shares after…
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Banking giant HSBC sheltered cash linked to dictators and arms dealers
Secret documents reveal that global banking giant HSBC profited from doing business with arms dealers who channeled mortar bombs to…
Qatar’s five-year foreign investments close to QR500bn
Qatar has invested an estimated QR477bn abroad over the past five years. The size of Qatar’s foreign investments amounted…
JLL tops Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Financial Advisory League Tables for H2 2014
JLL has been ranked number one financial advisor by number of real estate transactions by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute…
Sovereign wealth funds to back £10bn O2 tie-up
Several of the world’s wealthiest state-backed funds are in talks to provide financial backing for O2’s industry-changing £10bn tie-up with…
Middle East royals to bid for Britain's military heritage
A new consortium of British architects and Middle Eastern investors has emerged as the latest runner in the battle to…
Qatar takes tenth of British Airways owner days after Canary Wharf buy
The Qataris continued their UK shopping spree yesterday, buying a 10 per cent stake in the owner of British Airways…
Saudi King orders massive $29.3 billion spending
King Salman bin Abdulaziz has ordered a massive $29.3 billion (110 billion Saudi Riyals) spending in a series of decrees…
Qatar wins battle to take over Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is to be bought by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund and Canadian investor Brookfield Properties for £2.6bn, after Songbird,…
New Saudi leadership aims to diversify economy
Saudi Arabia’s new leadership will push forward efforts to diversify the growing but oil-dependent economy, while easing procedures for investors,…
3 Recent Events That Will Rock Middle East Economies
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Libya are home to massive pools of cash derived from oil wealth. Both of…
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has died in hospital, the Royal Court said in a statement early on Friday…