MENA M&A Market Started 2015 on a Positive Note
The MENA M&A market depicted a steady activity during 1Q2015, prolonging its 9-month positive performance. Despite depressed oil prices and the regional political turmoil...
GCC Markets Performance in February 2013
GCC were unstable in February; TASI consolidated under 7,000
Highest MoM gains belongs to Abu Dhabi and Kuwait
Trading activity withdraws on MoM basis
Activity of IPO...
UAE stock markets outperform world’s top bourses in January
Both UAE's financial markets - Dubai Financial Market and Abi Dhabi Securities Exchange - took the first ranking among global bourses in January 2013....
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...
2013 outlook for MENA markets cautiously optimistic
Investor confidence returns as real estate market slightly rebounds and tourism booms
Institutional volumes grow, with Mubasher posting Year-on-Year volume growth of 56% (UAE), 47%...
S&P upgrades Emaar rating on recurring income
The good performance of Dubai-based property company Emaar Properties PJSC's leasing and hospitality assets, and fewer handovers of developments, has raised the proportion of...
Foreign investors purchase AED 699.3 mn worth of shares on DFM...
Dubai Financial Market announced that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (July 5 - July 7)...
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...
Dubai Financial Market performance during April 2011
Dubai Financial Market overall performance increased by 5% to reach 1634.1 points at the end of April compared to 1556 points at the end...
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...
Declining trading volumes may not be bearish
Stock market volume in recent sessions has begun to decline, just as it does every June as summer begins. Analysts also have started to...
Foreign investors purchase Dhs1.497bn worth of shares on Dubai Financial Market...
Dubai Financial Market announced today that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (11 - 15 April)...
Recovery in Oil Prices Positive Catalyst for Regional Markets
Global equities performed positively during the week as investors are encouraged by synchronized policy responses by leading Central Banks, and gradual reopening of the...
Dubai Financial Market secures two thirds of Nasdaq Dubai purchase
Dubai Financial Market PJSC paid two thirds of its acquisition of Nasdaq Dubai and transferred 80 million of its shares to NASDAQ OMX Group...
DFM posts third quarter loss of Dhs9.28m
The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) Company announced today its financial results for the first nine months of 2011 ending September 30th, with a 90%...
Global Sell-off Should be a Reality Check for Investors
Concerns about inflation that are rattling global stock markets should be used as a reality check for investors, says the CEO of one of...
BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Renewed Risk Appetite...
Investors are channeling most of their renewed risk appetite into global emerging market equities (GEM) in the wake of an expected second wave of...
Regional markets likely to remain range bound due to lack of...
Global markets continued the positive momentum during the month of February. Better than expected economic data from China, benign US inflation and optimism over...