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.
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.
Alex Thursby, chief executive of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), is stepping down a month after the bank agreed a merger deal with First Gulf Bank to create a regional giant.
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 of the Gulf Cooperation Council to stay flat in July.
Iran has re-established brokerage links with 450 foreign banks as it seeks to rejoin global financial networks, according to state media.
The low participation of women in the Saudi work force is hampering the country's economy, says an economist at a wealth manager operating in the region.
Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain, has invested in an Italian healthcare firm as part of its scheme to diversify its sector exposure.
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.
Investors in the Middle East consider the tools that will be needed to navigate the Covid-19 crisis, the continued appetite for dividend and why it’s all about tech. Chaired by Romil Patel.
Experts discuss the investment implications of the coronavirus pandemic, a delayed rebound in global growth and dealing with South Africa’s energy issues head on. Chaired by Romil Patel in Cape Town.
Our panel discusses Chinese investment in Africa, financial institutions’ contribution to economic sustainability and regulatory concerns. Chaired by Romil Patel in Cape Town.
With the MENA region at a tipping point, our panellists talk about economic diversification, the impact of regulation and the delayed Saudi Aramco listing. Chaired by Romil Patel in Dubai.