Middle East Business News

Jassim Alseddiqi Named CEO Of Shuaa Capital Following ADFG Merger

The combined entity will exit non-core businesses to focus on becoming the leading asset management and investment banki... Read more

Top Level DIFC Delegation Completes Mission To Indian State

Dubai International Financial Centre chases more Indian FinTech businesses during trip to Maharashtra Read more

Dubai's Liv Says Customers Rush To Open Accounts To Win Private Island

Digital-only lifestyle bank by Emirates NBD reveals it has seen 44,000 new accounts opened since launch of competition t... Read more

UAE's Mubadala Says $19bn Spent On Expansion Plans In 2018

Abu Dhabi wealth fund says it invested in new areas such as medtech, pharma and agribusiness last year Read more

India's Largest Commercial Bank Cuts Interest Rates

State Bank of India's move may affect millions of Gulf-based non-resident Indians Read more

Abu Dhabi's ADCB Quarterly Profit Drops 11% On Cost Of Funds

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank combined with local rivals Union National Bank and Al Hilal Bank to create the Gulf region's f... Read more

DIFC Bucks Global Trend With Double-digit Growth In Companies

Malaysia's Maybank Islamic Berhad, Cantor Fitzgerald and Australia's Atlas Wealth Management were among the financial fi... Read more

Dubai's DSA Investments May Join Bid For Mines Once Owned By Guptas, Glencore

The venture would be between Orchid Mining, a unit of DSA, and Nehawu Investment Holdings Read more

UAE Islamic Banks See Slower Financial Growth

Fitch Ratings predicts asset-quality metrics for Islamic banks in the UAE will remain under pressure for 2019 Read more

KIPCO Raises Over $312 Million From Rights Issue

Issue saw a 17 percent oversubscription for 452,748,662 ordinary shares Read more

Saudi's Qiddiya In Talks With Investors To Fund Entertainment, Sports City

CEO Michael Reininger says Qiddiya is looking at joint ventures, land leasing and privatisation to fund the project Read more

Revealed: How Healthy Is The UAE's Banking Sector?

New research says UAE banks are generating healthy earnings despite tougher economic conditions in Q1 Read more

Zain KSA Agrees $600m Murabaha Facility

Deal to refinance existing $600 million facility with Commercial and Industrial Bank China Read more

UAE Banking Giant Quits Qatar Amid Regulatory Dispute

First Abu Dhabi Bank has notified the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority that it will relinquish its Qatar Fina... Read more

Ex-UBS Banker Said To Lead Bid For Abraaj Funds

Sources say boutique investment firm founded byYassine Bouhara is bidding to buy funds managed by the collapsed Abraaj G... Read more