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Latest Middle East Asset Management Study from Invesco

Invesco Asset Management Limited today unveiled the findings of its inaugural Invesco Middle East Asset Management Study. This regional study is the...

Bitcoin 2x Better at Withstanding COVID-19 than S&P 500 and Oil

Bitcoin has been caught up in the Coronavirus market crisis with the asset’s price dropping by almost half as the global economy comes to...

Global Debt at Record Heights

Global debt hit a new record high of $164 trillion in 2016, the equivalent of 225 percent of global GDP. Both private and public...

‘Why Dubai’ study to update investors worldwide

Dubai FDI, the foreign investment office of the Department of Economic Development (DED), has published an updated study on the distinguishing features that enables...

88% of affluent people living in UAE have credit obligations

Survey shows improvement in the levels of awareness of the Bureau and Credit Reports Credit cards are most common form of credit, followed by...

Leading Dubai-based conglomerate to launch an IPO

Dubai-based conglomerate Al Habtoor Group is considering to launch an IPO (initial public offering) in Dubai given strengthening equity markets, the company said in a...

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...

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...

Goldman revises gold price forecast for 2014

Gold prices will probably drop at least 15 percent next year as commodities face increased downside risks even as economic growth in the U.S....

ADNOC Public Offering Receives High Interest from Investors

Following the initial announcement of the public offering of ADNOC’s shares in the United Arab Emirates, the market continues to show a healthy appetite...

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...

Gold prices poised to strengthen in the week ahead

Gold prices will aim higher next week on the back of a renewed market volatility. Despite that the Comex February gold futures were unable to...

GCC Central Bank procedures in final phases

Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mustafa Al-Shemali reiterated on Sunday that the establishment of the GCC Central bank is in its final phases, pointing out that the concerned states which joined the GCC union are implementing this agreement.

Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts

BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts Allocations to Equity Rise, Bonds Increasingly Undesired Global investors remain...

Mobile expats miss out on benefits package

International companies should take a holistic approach as survey reveals that mobile expats miss out on benefits package, according to Michael Thraves, Financial Planner...

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...

Outlook 2020: Global Growth Can Endure Over the Coming Year

Citi Private Bank today released its Outlook report for 2020, titled, “Staying Positive in a Negative (Yielding) World.” The twice-yearly publication provides in-depth insights...

DFM, Nasdaq Dubai To Launch Futures on DFM General Index

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Nasdaq Dubai have signed a licence agreement under which futures contracts linked with the DFM General Index (DFMGI) will...