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Global demand for gold jewellery up 12% in Q1 2013

The latest World Gold Council Gold Demand Trends report, which reports on the period January-March 2013, shows a market driven by diverse global demand,...

GCC Investors Need to Look Wider for Growth Opportunities

Modest 2021 recovery forecasts for the GCC have increased the focus on diversification from the hydrocarbon sector, potentially opening up some less traditional growth...

Biden Victory Heralds Boom Time for ESG Investing – Here’s Why

Joe Biden’s administration will usher in an unprecedented boom for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s...

Investment Dar reaches Majority Agreement on Standstill

Investment Dar announces today that a majority of its banks and investors have now joined the Standstill Agreement previously entered into with the Coordinating...
France Remains The Most Attractive Country In Europe For Foreign Investors

France Remains The Most Attractive Country in Europe for Foreign Investors

The 2021 EY Attractiveness Survey for France, published by EY, confirms France’s position as European leader for incoming foreign investment in 2020. France held its...

Investors Eye Opportunities As Central Banks Discuss Coronavirus Action

Global investors are taking advantage of buying opportunities ahead of policymakers looking to take more coordinated action on propping up economies due to the...

Leading American bank sells international wealth management business to Swiss private...

International Wealth Management Businesses outside the United States to be Sold to Julius Baer Group Bank of America Corporation announced today that it has agreed...

Dubai Parks and Resorts Secures US$1.15bn Syndicated Finance Facilities

Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (under incorporation) (“Dubai Parks and Resorts” or “the Company”), a subsidiary of Meraas Holding LLC, has today announced that...

Five reasons to remain bullish on Emerging Markets

Valuations are attractive. BofA's latest analysis comparing PB with ROE less COE suggests emerging markets (EMs) are 20% undervalued. Large sectors in bigger markets...

UAE – The Most Attractive Country in the Middle East for...

The United Arab Emirates is among the most attractive countries in the world for foreign direct investments. According to the 2013 A. T. Kearney...

Growth and Profitability Fears after Oil Price Spike

Following the recent oil price spike, investors fear for corporate profitability and global growth, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers...

MENA IPOs up 344% in the first quarter of 2012

Five IPOs in the region - three in KSA and one each in Oman and the UAE UAE’s NMC Healthcare lists on the London Stock...

Childhood education is a long-term investment

Not long ago, Nobel Laureate James Heckman called for better investing in kids. Hackman added that any postponement of that makes later interference harder...

Dubai Government to help part of Dubai World proposal

Arabic language daily Al Ittihad said Dubai World would receive aid from the Dubai Financial Support Fund (DFSF) for financing operating expenses and payments...

UAE Among World’s Top Markets with Highest Trust

CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, recently published Enhancing Investors’ Trust – the 2022 CFA Institute Investor Trust Study, the fifth in...

Fund passporting legislation enabling UAE-wide promotion of investment funds launched

The Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (ESCA), the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Dubai Financial Services...

Dubai FDI brings in AED3.44 billion, 77 companies in 2011

Dubai FDI, the foreign investment office in the Department of Economic Development in Dubai, succeeded in attracting and promoting 77 companies in the emirate during 2011.

Why and how to invests in physical silver

Silver has always been a metal which store value. If we learn from history, we can see that the commodity was one of the...