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Investors Hiking Cash Holdings; Expectations of Fed Hike Put Back to...

Global investors have raised their holdings of cash significantly in response to a weaker global economic outlook, particularly in China, according to the BofA...

BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Bear Market Sentiment...

Investors have turned bearish in their outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey...

India ranks 3 rd in increase in UHNWI population over...

Mumbai and Delhi slated to move up to ranks 14 and 29 respectively by 2025 Knight Frank today released its 10th edition of the Wealth...

MENA Corp opens new branch in Dubai

Amid industry players’ shutdowns, MENA CORP eyes expansions in local market Premier financial services group MENA CORP is pleased to announce it defied a trend...

Emirates NBD to increase Foreign Ownership Limit to 40%

Emirates NBD Bank, Emirates NBD, today announced its intention to increase Foreign Ownership Limit, FOL, to 40 percent in the future, and will seek...

Covid-19 Impact on Emerging Market Debt

Covid-19 has rapidly become an economic shock for the global economy. Initially rocking China, global economic expectations changed dramatically in early March, and have...

Investors Selectively Lowering Risk After Bond Sell-off

Global investors have less appetite for higher risk exposures, particularly in the U.S., according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for May. While...

Middle East Venture Partners close fund at US$30 million

Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) announced today the second close of Middle East Venture Fund II (MEVF II) at more than US$30 Million. MEVF...

Hedge Funds Plan to Increase Data Services’ Outsourcing

79% of hedge fund and asset managers surveyed plan to increase outsourcing of data services A global survey of quant fund managers who collectively oversee...

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...

Investors Concerned That Global Economic Recovery Could Falter

Risk associated with the U.S. economy has escalated, though sentiment towards Europe has improved

Optimism outweighs fears of Fiscal Cliff

Signs That Great Rotation out of Bonds Into Equities Is Starting Confidence in the outlook for China’s economy has surged to a three-year high, underpinning...

Deflating news for men: Women Better Investors

A new study by Barclays Capital and Ledbury Research found that women were more likely to make money as investors in the financial markets,...

Aabar Investments initiates a process to turn the company private

Aabar Investments board of directors signed off on the plan to turn the company private at a meeting on Thursday. In  another meeting,...

Dubai FDI launches digital magazine to showcase advantages of investing in...

‘Invest,’ now on Apple Newsstand, has tips and testimonials on setting up business in Dubai The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of...

International Financial Institutions Set to Expansion into MENA Region

Products and suitability assessments give international firms the edge over MENA rivals and investors want more international investments; Oxford Risk research shows MENA wealth managers...

EU Optimism Offsetting Emerging Market Sell-off

Allocations to European Equities Hit Six-year High Investor bullishness towards European equities has reached pre-crisis highs as markets digest the emerging markets sell-off, according to...

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...