International Compliance Association sets up office in DIFC
To offer certificated programmes in Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Financial Crime Prevention awarded in association with University of Manchester Business School
To develop best...
Emaar Properties announces share buyback programme
Emaar Properties, PJSC, one of the world’s leading property developers, announced today that it will proceed with the implementation of a share buyback programme....
Better day for DFM
The Dubai Financial Market General Index rose 0.9 per cent to 4,511.25 at 12:55 pm, rebounding from its lowest close since October 8.
Dubai shares...
Foreigners bought $281.1m shares on DFM last week
Dubai Financial Market said on Friday that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during the week August 31 to...
Nakheel launches syndicated loan
Nakheel Properties said on Thursday it was launching a 4.4 billion dirham ($1.2 billion) syndicated loan.
The facility, which matures in January 2011, includes a...
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...
DIFC to become hub for Family Offices
New regulations provide platform for setting up family holding companies at DIFC
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) today announced new regulations to encourage family...
New Arbitration Law of DIFC
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has enacted the new Arbitration...
Sovereign Wealth Funds may change direction of investment flows
Restrictions by the United States and others may lead sovereign wealth funds to invest closer to home instead of in the West, the head...
Banking on the future
The Emirates National Development Program (ENDP) and HSBC are coming together for an initiative that will, in the coming year, train and develop 200...
DIFC Seminar to explore opportunities in the regional funds industry
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) will host on Wednesday, August 27, an industry seminar to shed light on how financial services companies...
Foreign investors purchase AED 1.117 billion worth of shares on DFM...
Dubai Financial Market announced today that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (17 August- 21...
Dubai First launches complete corporate solutions payment package
Dubai First MasterCard Corporate Card Sets New Service Benchmark
Dubai First, the consumer finance company of Dubai Group, a member of Dubai Holding, in association...
Dubai Investments unveiled mixed-use project Mirdiff Hills
Part developer of some of the most popuÂlar residential communities in town, Dubai Investments has lifted the curtain on Mirdiff Hills, a Dh2 billion...
DIFC releases report on progress towards GCC monetary union
A new report assessing the progress being made by GCC countries to achieve the convergence criteria for a GCC Monetary Union (GMU) was...
The introduction of VAT will be delayed
A senior official at the Federal Customs Authority Saeed Khalifa Saeed Al Marri, Deputy Director-General of the UAE Federal Customs Authority, was quoted by...
HSBC supports 100 Nationals to enter world of finance
An agreement was signed today between HSBC and the National Institute for Vocational Education - NIVE - to give 100 National students the chance...
Mortgages for the self-employed
Securing a home loan in Dubai is rarely a straightforward process, but some situations and circumstances make the process even more challenging.
Among the people...