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DIFC launches real estate investment fund

DIFC Investments, the investment arm of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), said it is launching a real estate fund that will invest in...

Wealth Management Year ahead 2012, Key Investments

Investors should focus on investments that offer yield, quality and diversification amid expectations that the global economy will avoid recession but experience fragile growth in 2012

Regional Investor Appetite Shows Cautious Recovery

Investment trend likely points to oil as commodity inches towards $50 The second week of May saw buyers bravely step back into the markets after...

Debt Crisis Solutions are Leaving Investors Behind

How the losses are being paid for... It used to be taken for granted that you could put aside some money and earn enough interest...

Number of Billionaires Jumps 10% Worldwide

UBS/PwC Billionaires Report 2017: Return to Growth for Billionaires Globally, with Asia Outpacing the US for the First Time Globally, the total wealth of billionaires...

Apple Investors Anticipate A New Product As iWatch Details Emerge

Apple Inc. investors are not happy with the tech giant's slow rate of growth during the past six months. That was proved by the...

Global Investors Regain Risk Appetite

Investors have regained some appetite for risk with a strong consensus over a U.S. rate rise next month, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch...

Sovereign Wealth Funds could invest as much as $725b in real...

Sovereign Wealth Funds could, potentially, invest as much as $725 billion over the next seven years, states a new report by CB Richard...

Investor confidence may continue to rise

Dubai plans to tap the international capital markets as early as next week with its first bond issue since the debt standstill in the...

Emaar’s new US$ 1 billion financing facility – Testament to financial...

Emaar Properties PJSC has signed a new Islamic and Conventional financing facility amounting to AED 3.6 billion (approx. US$ 1 billion) with Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Standard Chartered Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.

A Record Of 2,170 Billionaires Worldwide Registered

Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2013 shows Asia as fastest growing region with 18 new billionaires in 2013

Equities set for a bear hug over the coming months

Goldman Sachs has downgraded its outlook on equities to "neutral" over the next 12 months, saying there's no particular reason to own them. "Until we...

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...

Investors take a more strategic approach as increased optimism returns to...

Investors take a more strategic approach as increased optimism returns to MENA real estate market according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Seventh MENA Real Estate...

Investors Regain Confidence in Regional Markets

October is looking to close out with a wave of optimism. Global markets ended the week on a positive note led by US equity...

Decoding Global Investment Attitudes

Nielsen released the results of an online survey to better understand the consumer mindset on investment strategies. The study, Decoding Global Investment Attitudes, gathers...

GCC equity markets are looking increasingly attractive, BofA Merrill Lynch

· UAE remains the most preferred MENA market, offering long term growth · Kuwait is also a preferred market amongst the GCC Frontier markets · Saudi...

Coronavirus Pandemic Will Drive Responsible Investing ‘Skywards’

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout will trigger a ‘skyward surge’ in sustainable, responsible and impactful investing over the next 12 months, affirms...