UAE’s ENEC confirms unit one of nuclear plant over 84% complete

UAE’s nuclear power project raises $24.4bn financing

Most of the cash came from state sources

Reform-ready Saudi accelerates MSCI ambitions

What inclusion in major equity indexes might mean for the kingdom’s economy

Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding Q3 net profit down 38.3%

The company blamed a drop in hotel revenue and dividend income

Saudi sets record with mammoth $17.5bn bond issue

The bond attracted investor orders totaling almost four times the amount

Dubai Parks joins Dubai First to launch co-branded credit card

The card will offer savings on admission tickets, F&B and merchandise

Qatar offers QAR3bn bonds in 2016’s third riyal sale

The offer and rates are the same as the previous domestic bond issue

Different Arab money

GCC funding needs could reach $560bn between 2015-2019 – S&P

The region is continuing to feel a strong impact from low oil prices

Emirates NBD approves 40% dividend

Dubai lender Emirates NBD posts flat Q3 net profit

The bank made a net profit of Dhs1.66bn in the three months to September 30

Saudi Oger seeking buyers for $1bn Arab Bank stake

A small number of potential buyers from Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East have started negotiations, sources said

Kuwait signs $2.9bn deal for LNG facility

Kuwait’s KNPC aims to finalise $5bn+ loan by Q1

“It’s one of the major loan deals to expect in the region – it’s going to be huge,” said one source

UAE banks NBAD, FGB finalise executive team for merged lender

The merger is expected to take place during the first quarter of 2017

Egypt received $2bn deposit from Saudi in September

The amount was received before a suspension of petroleum aid by Saudi, which began on October 1

Dubai bank Emirates NBD joins India’s ICICI on blockchain project

The technology will be used for global remittances and trade finance

Saudi Hollandi Bank mulling possible name change

The lender also said on Wednesday that its managing director Bernd Van Linder has resigned

Dubai seeks licence for world’s first Islamic trade finance bank

Emirates Trade Bank will specialise in international trade and commodity financing

Dubai launches international Islamic endowments body

The Awqaf International Organization aims to coordinate commercial efforts of sharia-compliant charitable foundations

RAK government to ring-fence Massaad investments

The emirate is transferring purchases overseen by the former RAKIA CEO, who it accuses of a $1.5bn fraud

Saudi Aramco eyes 2018 for mega IPO – CEO

All markets are still being considered for the IPO of up to 5 per cent of Aramco, said Amin Nasser

Abu Dhabi’s Aabar says fully behind Falcon Private Bank after 1MDB sanctions

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday said it had ordered Zurich-based Falcon Private Bank’s Singapore branch to cease operating

Dubai Financial Market issues draft rules on sharia-compliant hedging

The rules aim to expand guidance on transactions that currently lack standardisation

Qatar National Bank Q3 net profit up 10.2%

The bank reported a net profit of QAR3.45bn ($947.5m) in the three months to September 30

Kuwait postpones planned $10bn bond issue until 2017

The government has not yet sent banks a request for proposals to arrange the issue

Abu Dhabi’s Waha hires ex-BNP Paribas banker as COO

Alain Dib will lead Waha’s investment businesses

Dubai looks to finalise $2.5bn fundraising deal for metro extension

The project will extend Dubai Metro’s Red Line to the 2020 World Expo site

Saudi Aramco to give investors unprecedented access to its accounts

The firm is said to be aiming for a reporting format similar to multinational oil companies BP and ExxonMobil

Kuwait’s stock exchange to sell Americana shares on Oct. 20

Alabbar-led investment group Adeptio agreed in June to pay $2.4bn to buy a 69 per cent stake in Americana

Bahrain, Manama, Cityscape view of Bahrain World Trade Center and Bahrain Financial Harbor

Bahrain foreign reserves halve since 2014 on oil slump

Gross foreign reserves held by the central bank shrank to $2.78bn on June 30 this year from $6.06bn in 2014

Standard Chartered appoints new CFO for Middle East and Africa

Mohamed Abdel Bary has been appointed regional CFO for Africa and Middle East with immediate effect

GCC firms struggle to get finance as region grapples with low oil prices

Bank lending and overall money supply has gradually slowed

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank cuts 200 jobs

The layoffs mainly affected junior staff, according to reports