The total value of sukuk listed in Dubai has surpassed $67 billion following the registration of a $200 million Islamic bond on Nasdaq Dubai by the emirate of Sharjah.
The total value of sukuk listed in Dubai has surpassed $67 billion following the registration of a $200 million Islamic bond on Nasdaq Dubai by the emirate of Sharjah.
A new law issued by UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has changed the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADX) into a public joint shares company.
Analysts and rating agencies have reacted positively to a series of economic stimulus packages announced by Gulf states to offset the effect of the coronavirus.
UAE-based portfolio manager Wealthface has launched a robo-advice indexing platform for passive investors in the Mena region.
Bahrain-based fund of funds Al Waha has reportedly made a “substantial” investment in a US-based venture capital (VC) firm Lumia Capital.
The plan to launch an oil benchmark from the Middle East to rival the established crude oil benchmarks WTI and Brent has fallen victim to the coronavirus-fuelled volatility in the oil markets and is set to be delayed until later in the year.
Fund managers in the Middle East continue to count the cost of the coronavirus as local stock markets and government bonds fall in value, following the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to label the virus a pandemic and the subsequent travel bans issued by countries such as the US.
Dubai-based alternative investment manager Rasmala has spent $61 million to buy a research and development centre in the US as its steps up its plans to build a US property portfolio.
Dubai-based Islamic investment manager Mashreq Capital has announced that its flagship sharia fund has reached $100 million in assets under management.
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is set to invest €1 billion ($1.08 billion) in a French state-backed fund dedicated to providing capital for French companies facing activist investor campaigns.
Amid a fresh wave of American sanctions, Romil Patel spoke to Meysam Hamedi, director of financial markets and instruments at Iran’s Securities & Exchange Organization (SEO).
In 2016, global consulting firm PWC forecast the emergence of five global ‘megatrends’ in the next two decades. Stephen Anderson, its Middle East clients and markets leader, talks about their...
Rasmala’s trade finance fund recently passed $100 million in assets. Doug Bitcon, head of credit strategies, explains why he has to be hands-on.
Since 2016, Guillermo Ortiz has been a chairman of Latin America’s BTG Pactual. The former central banker of Mexico talks to Nick Fitzpatrick.
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