Global commercial real estate investment volumes decline by 8%, report
Global commercial real estate investment volumes at US$96bn in Q3 2012
Strong performance in major global property investment markets continues despite 8% total volume decline...
Nine out of ten UAE home buyers now end-users
Nine out of ten home buyers in the UAE are now end-users, representing a significant shift in the country’s real estate sector, according to...
Increasing ‘risk tolerance’ amongst financial advisors and investors
*According to the 2012 Middle East Investment Panorama (MEIP) report from Insight Discovery
GCC based financial advisors and retail investors are becoming increasingly ‘risk tolerant’...
How Much Are You Worth?
Are you uninsured or insured? Well, in both cases you better think about it more seriously. Your life may depend on just a piece...
Comprehensive report on Dubai trade and investment unveiled
‘The Business Year: Dubai 2012’ report has a foreword by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and interviews with key public and private...
Who’s Been Bidding Gold Higher?
A unique, innovative tool for seeing just what private investors are doing in gold...
Gold was up, up and away in September. But who was...
Fall in GCC-based investors risk appetite caused by search for income
A fall in risk appetite and the search for income is driving investment behavior across all retail investor segments in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region...
Asian and Middle East Real Estate HNW Investors Prefer London
The majority of overseas high net worth individuals pinpoint London real estate as their top target investment class, according to the inaugural International Private...
How Banks Can Improve Their Social Media Presence
Every week there are new studies that try to analyze the tendencies in social media. Recently, one such study found that the banking industry...
UAE Credit Cards immune to Low Interest Rates
Interest rates are the lowest they have been in decades. But there is a little indication the customers of U.A.E. banks are benefiting. This...
Main sea freight index up on increased demand for large vessels
Rosier times ahead of shipping stocks
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose for a third straight...
Comeback in Sentiment Towards Europe
U.S. Fiscal Cliff Replaces EU Sovereign Risk as Top Global Concern
Europe is staging a comeback in investor portfolios while concerns about the U.S. fiscal...
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Books for gold traders lay the foundations for successful investment strategy or day trading. Many traders burn themselves...
Dubai plans a US $1.8 billion bond issue
On Monday, the finance chief of Dubai announced plans of the government to issue a bond to refinance part of its debt maturing in...
Savings account for children unveiled in Dubai
Shaatir Children’s Savings account will help young people reach their financial goals
DIB’s first account specifically for children
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) today unveiled its first...
Paris Gallery plans IPO
Dubai-based group Paris Gallery, which stocks a $300,000 perfume among its luxury products, announced that it is planning an initial public offering. It said...
Daman Investments postpones IPO
Daman, an investment management company in Dubai, announced that it will postpone IPO (initial public offer). The reason Daman cited is a liquidity concern.
In...
Why jewelry buyers now shy from gold?
Jewelries have been made of gold and silver for thousands of years and these are the presious metals most favored by buyers who insist on both...