GCC equity markets benefit from increased global investment inflows
Frontier markets outperforms emerging markets over the past 2 years
UAE Financial Markets to Close For Eid Al Fitr Holidays
The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) announced that the Eid Al Fitr holidays for the financial markets will begin on Wednesday 29th of Ramadan...
Financial Crisis for real
Warren Buffet's tenet: "Be fearful when others are greedy... (and vice versa)"
While many will say that the Middle East shouldn’t pretend its not happening,...
The Top Ten Cryptocurrencies
As this infographic on Top Ten Cryptocurrencies created by Statista shows, Bitcoin is by no means alone in the world of digital assets. It is...
Dubai shares surge to 5-year high on heavy buying
Dubai shares rose to their highest level in almost five years on Sunday. Retail investors bought heavily into small-caps ahead of the third-quarter earnings...
Investors Doubt Strength of Recovery as Cash Levels Rise Again
Money Managers Concerned About Geopolitical Risk and Chinese Defaults
Global investors have increased cash and scaled back risk-taking, amid fears of geopolitical instability and questions...
Investors Increase Cash Positions and Scale Back GEM Equity Exposure
Fears Growing Over China, but Europe and U.S. Holding Firm
Growing fears of a hard landing for China’s economy have further marginalized emerging market equities....
Dirham-Pegged Stablecoin Revealed
Executives from the Abu Dhabi-based company Phoenix and Tether today announced the launch of a new Dirham-pegged stablecoin, projecting a significant development in the...
Best Corporate Card for businesses
Emirates NBD wins award for ‘Best Corporate Card’ at Smart Card Awards Middle East
Awarded for distinctive expense management features, and control and savings capability
First...
UAE’s Central Bank governor clarifies mortgage regulations
The circulars sent by the Central Bank setting the maximum value of mortgages for foreigners and nationals at 50% and 70% of the property...
UAE moves up rankings in 2012 M and A maturity index
The UAE has moved up six places in just five years to come in 20th in the 2012 M&A Maturity Index. The top three...
Dubai Financial Market gains nearly 100% in 2013
Dubai has a new record to brag about! The city's stock market doubled in value this year.
The Dubai Financial Market Index hit a fresh...
MENA Market Conditions Favorable for Foreign Investors
Qatar and UAE markets have posted significant gains since the release of the provisional list by MSCI in June 2013. Having improved in both...
New $60m Venture Capital Fund to Invest in 120 MENA Startups
$60 million fund will invest in 120 early-stage tech startups across MENA region
Focus sectors include FinTech, HealthTech and EduTech amid anticipated post-COVID tech boom
A...
Gold Demand Falls as Consumer Appetite Declines in Asia
The World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report for Q2 2015 shows total demand was 915 tonnes (t), a fall of 12% compared to...
Gold Advances Aggressively on Unchanged QE Policy
Gold futures pushed higher in early electronic trade on Thursday. The Federal Reserve’s surprise move on Wednesday promising to keep the cash flowing into...
Mutual Funds of ADCB and NBAD at its lowest
Once very profitable investment, mutual funds of UAE-based National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) are now a...
Local IPOs in the pipeline
A number of local initial public offerings (IPO) is planned for the coming months amid ripe valuations and investor appetite for UAE stocks.
Earlier this...