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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Disburses Billions in Development, Investment Expenditure

Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi: The Fund works as a strategic partner of developing countries in priority projects, programmes and objectives ADFD adopts a...

GoldMoney Completes “GoldMoney Standard” Testing

GoldMoney, one of the world’s largest providers of physical bullion for investors, has completed testing of all the gold bars stored for customers in...

Dubai Financial Market in Final Stages of Launching New Trading Platform...

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced today that it's in the final stages of launching the new state of the art trading system "X- Stream",...

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...

Dubai Mercantile Exchange celebrates third anniversary

Daily trading up 130% since 2008 with new contracts planned for 2010 The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) marked its third anniversary...

First Global GovTech Platform Launched

More than half of governments globally seek to improve resilience and agility by modernizing core legacy applications. The interactive data platform provides advanced analytics and...

Foreign investors purchase Dhs464.3m worth of shares on DFM during the...

Dubai Financial Market announced that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (January 11 - January 15)...

Crypto in Restaurant Dining

One of the biggest challenges with Crypto is the inability to use it in our daily lives. All that is about to change, especially...

54% Consumers Uncertain over the Difference between Islamic and Conventional...

A recent survey conducted by YouGov Siraj, to understand consumer banking preferences in the region, with a focus on Islamic banking, revealed that 54...

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...

Abu Dhabi to launch agency for foreign investments

Mohamed Omar Abdullah, under secretary of Abu Dhabi's department of economic development said that the emirate plans to set up a dedicated investment agency...

Ministry of Finance signs MoUs with ESMA and AJFD

Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced the signing of memorandum of understanding with Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) and with the Financial...
2nd Annual Financial Restructuring MENA Conference

Unlocking Financial Potential: Insights From Annual Financial Restructuring MENA Conference

As the 2nd Annual Financial Restructuring MENA Conference kicked off at the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) building, industry leaders explored strategies for navigating...

Double taxation agreement between UAE and Saudi Arabia comes into effect

The agreement enhances integration and cooperation frameworks in tax matters, and consolidation of financial, economic and investment partnership between the two countries It...

Emaar successfully executes first international fixed-income offering of US$500 million

Emaar Properties PJSC ("Emaar"), rated B1/BB, has successfully priced its first international fixed-income offering, raising US$ 500 million via the issuance of trust certificates...

UAE Signs Initial Agreement for Investment Protection and Promotion with Republic...

On behalf of and towards enhance international financial agreements of the UAE, Ministry of Finance (MoF) signed an initial agreement for investment protection and...

Foreign investors purchase AED 947.5 million worth of shares on DFM...

Value of shares bought by institutional investors reaches AED 652.2 million during last week, and value of shares sold reached AED 409.7 million. Dubai Financial...

BFX appoints Standard Chartered Bank as its Clearing and Settlement Bank

The Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the Multi-Asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be internationally accessible to trade cash instruments,...