Investors To Adopt a ‘Defensive Growth Tilt’
High inflation and rapid monetary policy tightening have created increasing headwinds for the global economy. Economic momentum has slowed sharply, uncertainty about the economic...
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,...
UAE Financial Wealth To Grow by 6.7% Annually
A new BCG report expects that the UAE financial wealth will rise from USD 0.7 trillion in 2021 to a high of USD 1...
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Bahrain Bourse Launch Tabadul Exchange Hub
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Bahrain Bourse (BHB) announced the launch of the region’s first digital exchange hub – Tabadul. The exchanges commemorated...
Union Coop To List Shares on DFM
The Union Coop today announced its intention to list its shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Monday, 18th of July 2022, as...
TECOM Group’s 10 Business Districts across Dubai Offer Advantages for Investors
Dubai’s Tecom Group, a member of the Dubai Holding group, opened on Thursday 16 June 2022, an initial public offering (IPO), listing part of its...
Ministry of Finance Announces 2nd Auction of Federal Treasury Bonds
The second auction is part of the AED 9 billion T-Bonds issuance program for 2022.
Bonds amounting to AED 750 million will be offered for...
Mid-Year Outlook 2022: Investing in the Afterglow of a Boom
After a tough start to 2022, Citi explores what may lie ahead for investors, highlighting quality and resilience in portfolios.
Citi Global Wealth Investments released...
First Global GovTech Platform Launched
More than half of governments globally seek to improve resilience and agility by modernizing core legacy applications.
The interactive data platform provides advanced analytics and...
International Financial Institutions Set to Expansion into MENA Region
Products and suitability assessments give international firms the edge over MENA rivals and investors want more international investments;
Oxford Risk research shows MENA wealth managers...
Inflation, Growth Concerns Take Over GCC Stock Markets
Today's market analysis on behalf of Daniel Takieddine, CEO of MENA BDSwiss.
GCC stock markets were mostly decreasing following other international markets as investors’ concerns...
Frontier Markets Critical for Diversification, Research
Latest research with institutional investors and wealth managers across Europe who collectively manage over $520 billion in assets under management, identifies frontier markets as...
National Bonds: Savings Culture on Rise in the UAE
A shift in savings behavior leads to one of the most profitable years for National Bonds
Eight new millionaires were created in 2021, and savers...
UAE Banking Sector Poised for Growth in 2022
The top 10 UAE banks reported a 5 percent year-on-year increase in total assets worth AED 2,989 billion in 2021, and an increase of...
Dollar’s Make-Or-Break Point
The dollar index is near the peaks of March 2020 and January 2017. Investors and traders have pushed the dollar to a vital turning...
DAMAC Properties to Facilitate Property Buying in Crypto
Leading luxury real estate developer DAMAC Properties has announced that the company is stepping up to serve the digital economy by facilitating the conversion...
Hedge Funds Plan to Increase Data Services’ Outsourcing
79% of hedge fund and asset managers surveyed plan to increase outsourcing of data services
A global survey of quant fund managers who collectively oversee...
UAE Among World’s Top Markets with Highest Trust
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, recently published Enhancing Investors’ Trust – the 2022 CFA Institute Investor Trust Study, the fifth in...