DFM: Members ready to employ “DvP” Model
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced today that its licensed brokers and custodians are ready to employ the newly introduced settlement mechanism “Delivery versus Payment”...
Capital Markets & Investment Banking Forum
Over 50 investment professionals and CFA charterholders yesterday attended the Annual Investment Banking forum hosted by CFA Emirates in Madinat Jumairah Majlis on corporate...
Dubai Financial Market announces expansion of eServices tools
Dubai Financial Market is proud to announce the expansion of its eServices tools to allow investors to benefit from instant access to Real Time...
DFMGI lost 1.16%
Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) ended in the negative territory for the fifth consecutive session. It lost as much as 1.16% (17.89 points)...
Investment behavior of Sovereign Wealth Funds revealed
6% of GCC SWF assets are focused on local development investments
88% of GCC SWF assets are invested internationally for diversification purposes
5% of GCC SWF...
GCC based investors currently risk averse, with short time horizons for...
Over two thirds (69%) of investors have a time horizon of less than five years for investments made in 2011
One in five stated regional...
GCC investors have very high target return expectations
GCC investors in general have high expectations in regard to the returns of their investments, because the majority of them lacks long term experience.
The...
MENA Equity markets on track for sustained growth
Sustained economic growth expected in GCC economies backed by high oil prices and government spending on infrastructure
Saudi Arabia GDP growth for 2011 upgraded while...
Top ranked Research house for Institutional Investors, All-Asia Survey
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research (BofAML) is the top ranked Research house according to Institutional Investor magazine’s 2011 All-Asia Research Team Survey. This follows...
First Internet IPO on DFM
After the eruption of the financial crises of 2008, it is no secret for people in business circles, that investors (both retail and institutional)...
Emirates prepares for dollar-denominated bond issue
Emirates Airline, Dubai's flagship carrier has picked four banks to arrange meetings for a prospective dollar-denominated bond issue, according to a statement issued today.
HSBC,...
LinkedIn prices IPO at $45; shares doubled
LinkedIn priced its initial public offering at $45 a share, the high end of its range. It began trading Thursday on New York Stock...
Precious metals rally on freash concerns about inflation
Precious metals rallied on Wednesday, as worries about inflation reappeared. Investors bought into gold and silver back after a selloff earlier this week.
Gold for...
Emerging Markets most favored by global investors; Equity positioning
The May Fund Manager Survey of BofA Merrill Lynch shows an increase in global investors’ allocations to emerging markets (EM). A net +29% are...
DFMGI rose 0.99%
Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) ended today’s session in the positive territory. It added as much as 0.99%, or 15.5 pts to 1578.08,...
DFM suspends trading in 8 foreign companies
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that its UAE listed companies has showed a 100% compliance to disclose their quarterly results within the deadline of...
DFMGI ended in the negative territory
Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) ended in the negative territory for the second consecutive session.
It lost as much as 0.71%, or 11.35 points...
Gold demand strong; predicted prices around $2000
Gold temporarily succeeded to recover some of the losses from the sizeable sell-off in early May, but fell back late Friday to end the...