Sovereign Wealth Funds may change direction of investment flows
Restrictions by the United States and others may lead sovereign wealth funds to invest closer to home instead of in the West, the head...
Banking on the future
The Emirates National Development Program (ENDP) and HSBC are coming together for an initiative that will, in the coming year, train and develop 200...
DIFC Seminar to explore opportunities in the regional funds industry
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will host on Wednesday, August 27, an industry seminar to shed light on how financial services companies...
Foreign investors purchase AED 1.117 billion worth of shares on DFM...
Dubai Financial Market announced today that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (17 August- 21...
Dubai First launches complete corporate solutions payment package
Dubai First MasterCard Corporate Card Sets New Service Benchmark
Dubai First, the consumer finance company of Dubai Group, a member of Dubai Holding, in association...
Dubai Investments unveiled mixed-use project Mirdiff Hills
Part developer of some of the most popuÂlar residential communities in town, Dubai Investments has lifted the curtain on Mirdiff Hills, a Dh2 billion...
DIFC releases report on progress towards GCC monetary union
A new report assessing the progress being made by GCC countries to achieve the convergence criteria for a GCC Monetary Union (GMU) was...
The introduction of VAT will be delayed
A senior official at the Federal Customs Authority Saeed Khalifa Saeed Al Marri, Deputy Director-General of the UAE Federal Customs Authority, was quoted by...
HSBC supports 100 Nationals to enter world of finance
An agreement was signed today between HSBC and the National Institute for Vocational Education - NIVE - to give 100 National students the chance...
Mortgages for the self-employed
Securing a home loan in Dubai is rarely a straightforward process, but some situations and circumstances make the process even more challenging.
Among the people...
Foreign investors purchase AED 1.916 billion worth of shares on DFM
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced today that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (03 August -...
Increase in retail sales expected during DSS 2008
Retail trade in Dubai is immensely contributing to further positioning the emirate as one of the world's major commercial centres
Islamic banking makes rapid strides
Islamic banks have become an increasingly important part of the UAE system making rapid strides along the way. Islamic banks have increased their share...
The best Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the year
Dr. Akl Noun, Head of IT at the Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC) has been selected the best Chief Information Officer (CIO) of...
The Significance of GCC Sovereign Funds
A fundamental shift in global finance has thrown the GCC countries into full glare of the world spotlight amid surge of GCC sovereign funds.
The...
Treat sovereign funds equally
Sovereign wealth funds should be treated like any other institutional investor and not have special rules imposed on them, Henry Azzam, head of Deutsche...
Real-time Automated Payments in DIFC
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Bank of the...