2011 CFA Institute Research Challenge
CFA Emirates, the national chapter for CFA Institute, the UAE’s leading association for financial and investment professionals, has launched its third annual research challenge.
Barclays Capital Investor Survey Finds Growing Confidence in Euro Area for...
Institutional investors overwhelmingly believe the euro area will be able to avoid a “full-fledged crisis,†according to Barclays Capital’s inaugural Global Macro Survey. More...
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...
New $60m Venture Capital Fund to Invest in 120 MENA Startups
$60 million fund will invest in 120 early-stage tech startups across MENA region
Focus sectors include FinTech, HealthTech and EduTech amid anticipated post-COVID tech boom
A...
UBS Investors Note: How To Respond To COVID-19 + Oil Crash
Markets sold off and the S&P 500 halted trading for 15 minutes after a 7% fall. Here's what investors should do.
What's happened?
Risk assets slumped...
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management strengthens Middle East team
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management today announces three hires to the Middle East team. Leila Alameddine joins as Market Manager for Levant, Shereen Ghobrial joins...
UBS Investor Sentiment: Investor Optimism Drops on Inflation, Geopolitical Concerns
Optimism among high-net-worth investors dipped to early-pandemic levels on continuing concerns about the economic and market impact of inflation and the war in Ukraine,...
Gold Bulls on the rise, Goldman
The proportion of Middle East based investors interested in gold appears to be increasing substantially, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Jim O'Neill.
O’Neill,...
Investors Hiking Cash Holdings; Expectations of Fed Hike Put Back to...
Global investors have raised their holdings of cash significantly in response to a weaker global economic outlook, particularly in China, according to the BofA...
ESG Makeover for Investment Industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened our expectations of environment, social and governance (ESG) investing across the globe. Although it has been a mainstream topic...
India ranks 3 rd in increase in UHNWI population over...
Mumbai and Delhi slated to move up to ranks 14 and 29 respectively by 2025
Knight Frank today released its 10th edition of the Wealth...
Emaar’s new US$ 1 billion financing facility – Testament to financial...
Emaar Properties PJSC has signed a new Islamic and Conventional financing facility amounting to AED 3.6 billion (approx. US$ 1 billion) with Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Standard Chartered Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners.
Comeback in Sentiment Towards Europe
U.S. Fiscal Cliff Replaces EU Sovereign Risk as Top Global Concern
Europe is staging a comeback in investor portfolios while concerns about the U.S. fiscal...
Investment Corporation of Dubai joins Long-Term Investors Club
1. Accession agreement signed by ICD CEO H.E. Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani at high-profile event in Paris
2. Paris Conference for Long-Term Value & Economic...
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...
Summer Fun for Precious Metals Investors
The long term needn't look quite so far off for bullion buyers right now...
PUT ASIDE the rise in US interest rates, GDP and Fed...
Dubai’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Istithmar World is halting investments
On Friday, Bloomberg said Istithmar World is freezing investments as part of a restructuring process that may result in sale of the fund or...
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...