Suvo Sarkar, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD Marks Financial Wellness Month in April

Renewed commitment to customers’ financial wellness Bank’s #moneywise platform advocates healthy financial behaviours and habits. Joining the global effort to bring attention to financial literacy this...

UAE Family Businesses Show Resilience, Social Commitment during The Pandemic

Despite a revenue decline in the majority of UAE family businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they have out-performed regional peers in saving jobs A...

Crypto Businesses Now Able to Set Up at DMCC in Dubai

DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has entered into a memorandum of...

Ministry of Economy: “Real Estate Agents, Gold Dealers, Auditors, B2B Service...

The Ministry of Economy (MoE) called upon business sector and the Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) to expedite registration in the Financial Intelligence...

The Fastest Growth in Decades: Investors Top-up Portfolios – But in...

The time is now for investors to top up their portfolios – in both value and growth stocks – ahead of a stronger than...

Emerging Market Debt Outlook for 2021

At the start of 2021, we are cautiously optimistic on the outlook for emerging market bonds. Two key positives for the asset class are...

FDI Global Cities of the Future 2021/2022: Dubai Ranks 3rd Globally

The vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, helped...

“The Age of Magic Money”: Emirates NBD Announces Investment Outlook 2021

Emirates NBD, one of the leading banking groups in the (MENAT) Middle East, North Africa and Turkey region, has released its global investment outlook...

Emirates NBD Introduces Contactless Identity Verification to Open New Accounts on...

Bank's new TruID digital identity verification solution leverages the power of Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology Customer identification information read electronically from Emirates ID and biometric...

The World’s Biggest Sovereign Wealth Funds

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund is the largest of any sovereign wealth fund in the world. According to data from the SWF Institute, the...

New Decree on Listing of Joint Stock Companies Encourages New IPO...

In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued...

Tesla or Bitcoin? Two ground-breaking assets of the “covid-era”

Tesla and Bitcoin prices have had a strong rally, making it one of the best-performing assets in 2020. Tesla joined the prestigious Standard &...

Stock Market Bubble Fears Overblown, Micro-bubbles Are The Issue

Concerns over a large stock market bubble are currently overblown – it’s the micro-bubbles that could pose more imminent risks to investors, warns the...

FAB Launches 2021 Global Investment Outlook Report

Report forecasts a good return to growth as economies emerge from COVID-19, but with a period of stabilisation before acceleration in late 2021 First Abu...

FAB Issues Five-year USD 500 Million Sukuk

Lowest-ever yield on any five-year MENA bank USD issuance Issued at MS+90bps (all-in yield of 1.411%) Three times over-subscribed with total orderbook of circa USD 1.5...

Industry Insiders Optimistic About Financial Services in UAE for 2021

56% of respondents agreed that the outlook for remittances remains positive for the coming year Companies rate changing demographic, labour mobility, unemployment and current pandemic...

2021’s Major Investment Risks, Opportunities

Investment headwinds will “still exceed the tailwinds” in 2021 – but there could be more “major opportunities now than in perhaps the last 10 years”...

10 Largest Mutual Fund Companies Manage $36 Trillion in Assets, 69%...

The mutual fund companies have been growing over recent years by amassing assets in trillions as they continue to appeal to investors. The growth...