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Financial incentive offered to mid-range hotel developers in Dubai

H.E. Helal Saeed Almarri of DTCM announces Municipality Fee waiver for three and four star hotel developments at Day 2 of The Hotel Show Helal...

Five reasons to remain bullish on Emerging Markets

Valuations are attractive. BofA's latest analysis comparing PB with ROE less COE suggests emerging markets (EMs) are 20% undervalued. Large sectors in bigger markets...

Hedge Funds Continue Gaining, Despite Selloff in Commodities

HFRI extends 1Q performance and high watermark with 6th consecutive monthly gain; Quantitative, Trend Following Macro CTAs post strongest gain in 10 months Hedge funds posted...

Private capital pursuing mining and metals investments

Increasing interest in mining and metals from private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises is set to be a key trend in...

Ten Things the Investment Management Industry Should Take into Consideration Following...

The Research Foundation of CFA Institute announced the launch of a new monograph which looks at how the financial crisis has affected and will...

Major Financial Entities Remain Bullish on Gold

Morgan Stanley, UBS and BofA see higher gold prices later in 2013 Over the past few months, the economic environment influenced gold prices in...

Allianz Global Wealth Report 2024: Surprising Relief

Surprising relief: Global financial assets of private households increased by 7.6% in 2023, more than making up for the losses of the previous year No...

GCC Annual Real GDP Growth 4-7% Until 2020, Report

Annual Real GDP Growth forecasts for MENA countries are roughly unchanged Reflecting new insights into potential economic growth, BofA recently upgraded the long-term growth outlook...

Hedge Funds Extend Record Asset Total for 4th Consecutive Quarter

Total hedge fund assets surpass $2.4 trillion, led by credit-sensitive Event Driven strategies; Number of hedge funds surpasses 10,000 for first time since 2006 Total capital...

Improved Economic Prospects in 2013; Support Returns to Equities

The 2013 Year Ahead, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Investors should position for the ‘great rotation’ out of fixed income and into equities that is likely...

BofA revised its gold price forecast for 2013 and 2014

Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut down its gold price forecast for 2013 and 2014. The outlook update was on the back of US...

Decoding Global Investment Attitudes

Nielsen released the results of an online survey to better understand the consumer mindset on investment strategies. The study, Decoding Global Investment Attitudes, gathers...

The Gulf Islamic Fund of Gulf Investment Corporation ranked first...

The Gulf Islamic Fund, a Shariaa Compliant investment vehicle of Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), ranked first among Shariaa compliant funds investing in...

FIO undertakes strategic study to further boost foreign direct investment potential...

The Foreign Investment Office (FIO) mentored students from the SP Jain Center of Management to undertake a study of the key strategic areas related...

DAMAC planing IPO

Damac Properties is planing to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares. The listing on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) will be executed...

Barclays Capital launches enhanced FX Algorithmic Trading

Barclays Capital Launches Enhanced FX Algorithmic Trading Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, today announced the launch of PowerFill+, a...

Paris Gallery plans IPO

Dubai-based group Paris Gallery, which stocks a $300,000 perfume among its luxury products, announced that it is planning an initial public offering. It said...

‘Best Fund Management Company’ at Arab Achievement Awards 2011

Emirates NBD Asset Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary and the asset management arm of Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the Middle East,...