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Trump raises risk in Middle East

The election of Donald Trump has caused a short-term correction in emerging market assets and threatens a long-term rise in risk across the Middle...

Morocco invests $100 million in green bonds

Bank Al-Maghrib, the Moroccan central bank, will buy $100 million of green bonds issued by the World Bank to support environmental projects. The announcement came...

Dubai lists China Construction Bank bonds

China Construction Bank, one of China's “big four” state-owned banks, has listed $600 million of bonds on the Nasdaq Dubai exchange. Yuan Shengrui, senior executive...

Commercial Bank of Dubai gets new chief

Commercial Bank of Dubai has hired Bernd van Linder, the managing director of Saudi Hollandi Bank, as its chief executive. Van Linder will replace Peter...

Abraaj hires Bourgeois as North American chief

The Abraaj Group, a private equity firm set up in Dubai in 2002, has appointed Mark Bourgeois as chief executive for North America. Bourgeois, who...

CdR Capital hires ex-NCB exec to board

Swiss investment firm CdR Capital has appointed Faysal Badran to the board of its Dubai operation. Badran was formerly head of asset management and chief...

Kuwaiti bank Ahli United lists sukuk in Dubai

Kuwait-based bank Ahli United has listed a $200 million Islamic bond on the Nasdaq Dubai exchange. Known as sukuk, Islamic bonds are structured around an...

ADIA opens first office in Hong Kong

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has opened its first office in Hong Kong as it seeks to improve its research and analysis of...

Natixis buys EFG Hermes stake from Dubai Group

Dubai Financial Group has sold its 11.8% stake in Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes to France-based Natixis as part of a debt restructuring deal. Although...

NBAD chief steps aside ahead of merger

Alex Thursby, chief executive of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), is stepping down a month after the bank agreed a merger deal...

Saudi slump wipes out stock gains in Gulf

A fall of 3% in the largest stock market in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's Tadawul exchange, caused an S&P index tracking the countries...

Iran renews ties with 450 foreign banks – state media

Iran has re-established brokerage links with 450 foreign banks as it seeks to rejoin global financial networks, according to state media. The statement, delivered by...

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