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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...

Top Rated Books for Gold Traders Review

Bestsellers books for gold traders available for online purchase 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...

UAE Central Bank to launch discount window for banks

The United Arab Emirates central bank aims to develop its monetary policy framework by launching a discount window to enable banks to borrow intra-day...

Pros and cons of investing in real estate, stock market

Nowadays investing in the stock market is a very popular topic. There are a lot of questions that a beginner investor may ask -...

How to avoid mortgage problems

Nowadays banks in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are getting more and more cautious about home mortgage loans. Even consumers with good credit and plenty...

Leading Dubai-based conglomerate to launch an IPO

Dubai-based conglomerate Al Habtoor Group is considering to launch an IPO (initial public offering) in Dubai given strengthening equity markets, the company said in a...

Investors see potential in organic farming

Large-scale changes in the so-called food system cannot happen without the help of big investors. Even though most of them prefer to take short-term,...