Saudi’s Dar Al Arkan Q3 Profit Tumbles As Costs Rise

The company made a net profit of SAR89.9 million ($24.0 million) in the three months to Sept. 30.

Sheikh Mohammed Announces New Projects Worth Dhs4.5bn In Dubai’s Internet City And Media City

The projects will be built over five years and will include 10 million square feet of space for innovation complexes, technology laboratories and smart buildings.

UAE’s First Gulf Bank Q3 Profit Rises 20%, Beats Estimates

The lender made Dhs1.43 billion in the three months to Sept. 30.

Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank Q3 Net Profit Up 14.8%

Net profit for the first nine months rose 30 per cent to $376.3 million.

Dubai Financial Market Q3 Net Profit Rises 85%

DFM made a net profit of Dhs153.5 million in the three months to Sept. 30.

Dubai Lender Mashreq Q3 Net Profit Rises 26%

The lender made a net profit of Dhs596.8 million ($162.5 million) in the third quarter of 2014, up from Dhs473.2 million from the same period last year.

Gulf Arab States Saw $780m In Fund Outflows Due To Fed Taper-IMF

Owing to large current account surpluses, the GCC is seen by international investors as better equipped to handle a period of rising interest rates than most areas of the world.

IMF Retains GCC Growth Forecast But Warns Of Weak Fiscal Balance

The fund has warned that fiscal balances across the GCC and other Middle Eastern countries will deteriorate if the policies continue to remain unchanged.

Saudi’s Tasnee Q3 Profit Rises 7.6%

Tasnee made a net profit of SAR243.7 million ($65 million) in the three months ending Sept. 30, up from SAR226.4 million a year ago.

UAE’s Union National Bank Q3 Profit Rises 22%, Beats Estimates

The bank made a net profit of Dhs552 million ($150.3 million) in the three months to September 30, up from Dhs454 million in the corresponding period of last year.

Dubai Investments Q3 Profit Rises 17.4%

The conglomerate said its net profit was Dhs189.1 million ($51.5 million) in the third quarter, compared with Dhs161.1 million in the same period of 2013.

Saudi Electricity Q3 Net Profit Drops, Misses Analyst Forecast

The company made SAR2.67 billion during the third quarter, compared to SAR2.85 billion during the same period of the previous year

Stock News: Markets In UAE, Qatar Edge Up

Dubai’s index rose 1.8 per cent to 4,653 points as most stocks gained.

Saudi SABIC Q3 Profit Falls 4.5%, Misses Estimates

SABIC, which is 70 per cent state-owned, attributed the fall in profits to a drop in sales and other income, although its cost of financing was lower.

Oman Likely To Start Cutting Subsidies Next Year -Minister

Oman has been considering ways to reform its costly and sometimes wasteful subsidy system, though reductions in spending would be politically sensitive

Gulf States Need To Reform Spending As Oil Price Slips -Kuwait

A sustained oil price decline of $25 reduces the revenue of most GCC countries by the equivalent of about eight percentage points of gross domestic product, and could therefore push many of them into fiscal deficits.

Kuwait Central Bank Says To Cut Bad Loans To 2% By End-2015

Big provisions for bad loans taken by Kuwaiti banks in the past few years have also limited profits distributed to shareholders.

Abu Dhabi State Fund Asks For More In $22bn Malaysia Banking Deal

Sources say that Aabar Investments is unhappy with the merger talks of Malaysia’s RHB Capital Bhd with IMB Group Holdings and Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB).

TVM Capital Plans $200m Investment In UAE Healthcare Portfolio

The private healthcare-focused firm has made four investments in the United Arab Emirates since 2009 through its $120 million fund.

Kuwait’s Alafco To Spend $600m Buying Aircraft Over Two Years

The company will finance a third of the $600 million from its own resources and the remainder via local and international banks.

Builder Khodari May Double Capex To Handle Big Saudi Projects

Major infrastructure projects planned in Saudi will require raising annual capital expenditure above the levels of SAR150 to SAR250 million seen in past years, Khodari said.

Kuwait Investment Shares Jump On Privatisation Plan

The Kuwait Investment Authority said it would offer its stake in the firm to the public in the first half of 2015.

Kuwait Sovereign Fund To Resume Selling Stakes In Local Firms

The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is planning to offer its stake in Kuwait Investment Co in the first half of 2015.

Dubai Fund DIC Expects Doncasters, Almatis Sales In 18 Months

DIC has been selling down its portfolio of assets to service its debt, most recently selling German packaging company Mauser for $1.72 billion.

dirhams

UAE’s Waha Capital Sees Asset Growth With $500m Investment – CEO

Waha, which has a stake in New York-listed AerCap Holdings, had assets totalling Dhs6.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in June this year.

Dubai Islamic Bank May Boost Capital After Strong Loan Growth – CEO

The bank’s chief executive said there were a number of options available to boost its capital reserves but it would choose the cheapest way to boost the ratio at the time it chose to act.

Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical Plans Sukuk Investor Meetings

Funds raised from the issue would be used for general business purposes, the company said.

UAE Ranked 15th Top Expat Destination Globally, 10 Spots Below Bahrain, In New HSBC Survey

Switzerland, Singapore and China were ranked as the top three expat destinations worldwide.

Dubai Islamic Bank Q3 Net Profit Rises 55.7%

The bank made Dhs676.8 million of net profit attributable to the owners of the bank in the three months to September 30.

Saudi’s National Commercial Bank Q3 Net Income Up 7.8%

NCB, which is currently undertaking the largest ever IPO in the GCC, made $498.4 million in the three months to September 30.