Emirates NBD arranges Egypt sukuk

Dubai’s Emirates NBD reshuffles management team

The lender has also expanded the responsibility of existing senior management team members

Americana, Luberef IPO managers set to share $74m in fees

Americana and Luberef IPOs take the proceeds of Gulf listings this year to over $20bn

Dubai

Goldman moves more bankers to Dubai in Middle East push

Goldman’s net revenues in wealth management were $1.6bn in the third quarter

Islamic Finance 2022-2023: Same constraints, new opportunities

S&P Global Ratings expects stronger economic growth in core Islamic finance countries and will boost industry assets about 10 per cent during 2022–2023

Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports rise 4% to $6.6bln in October

Saudi Arabia sees 2023 budget surplus bump

Revenues are now set to reach SAR1.13tn, slightly more than projected earlier

DIFC-based fintech firms net $559m in funding during Jan-Sep 2022

DIFC-based fintech firms net $559m in funding during Jan-Sep 2022

DIFC’s fintech accelerator programme has attracted more than 3,000 applications from all over the world

Saudi Exchange Tadawul

Saudi Exchange launches market-making framework for equity and derivatives markets

This step further enhances the Saudi Exchange’s appeal as an investment destination for investors and issuers, regionally and internationally

Saudi

Saudi Aramco refiner Luberef’s IPO to raise up to $1.32bn

Luberef becomes the latest billion-dollar plus IPO in the Gulf

Remittances rise by 5%, reveals world bank report

Remittances see 5% rise in 2022, reveals World Bank report

Remittances to the developing countries of the MENA region are estimated to have grown 2.5 per cent in 2022 to $63bn, compared to a 10.5 per cent growth last year

New banknote pic WAM

CBUAE issues new Dhs1,000 banknote

The CBUAE is the first in the region to issue the largest multi-coloured Kinegram surface applied foil stripe in the new banknote issue

UAE President issues order to give Dhs3bn in housing loans to Abu Dhabi citizens

UAE President orders disbursement of housing loans worth Dhs3bn to citizens in Abu Dhabi

The package will benefit 1,900 citizens in the emirate

Shargiil Bashir - Headshot

Insights: How the UAE is setting the stage for an impactful COP28

With a target of $75bn in green financing for the period ranging from 2022-2030, FAB will be a strategic enabler of the UAE’s sustainable future

Emirates Pay _ Nandan Mer, Group CEO Network International and Ahmed Al Qassim, Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head, Corporate and Institutional Banking at Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, Network International launch Emirates NBD Pay

Emirates NBD Pay will offer card acceptance solutions to the bank’s existing and potential institutional banking clients in the UAE

Virtual assets Emmanuel Givanakis CEO of ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority

Insights: Decoding the virtual asset landscape

The establishment of digital asset and virtual asset regulatory frameworks has placed Abu Dhabi, on the map as a regional and global virtual assets trading centre

ACCA MoE sign partenership Fazeela Gopalani

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UAE Ministry of Economy sign strategic partnership

The new programme will support and encourage UAE citizens with various specialisations to enter into the financial and accounting sectors

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s GDP grows 11.2% in the first half of 2022

Abu Dhabi’s non-oil GDP grew to Dhs273bn, contributing more than 50 per cent to the emirate’s real GDP

ADX

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches rebranded ETF platform

ADX has witnessed strong year-to-date growth in the ETF market’s trading activity with around 12,500 trades of 243 million units

Dubai Islamic Bank prices $750m inaugural sustainable sukuk

Dubai Islamic Bank prices $750m inaugural sustainable sukuk

The transaction marked the largest issue size in international capital markets by a GCC bank since February 2022

Revealed: Winners of the Gulf Business Awards 2022

The awards celebrated stalwarts and companies from across the region’s business landscape

Saudi Investment

Saudi Investment talks boost Kakao Group’s battered shares

The Public Investment Fund is in talks with Singapore’s GIC Pte to jointly fund up to 800bn won ($591m) ahead of Kakao Entertainment’s initial public offering due next year

Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance,

Binance CEO Zhao seeks Middle East cash for crypto recovery fund

Details on the size of the fund and the projects to support are still not decided and it’s likely several weeks before the vehicle takes off

Dubai Financial market

Dubai Financial Market launches new general index

The developed indices provide various market participants with investable and tradeable benchmarks for the DFM equity market

Kuwait

Kuwait posts smaller deficit for last fiscal year on higher oil

The OPEC member recorded the highest non-oil revenue in seven years, up 38.5 per cent to KD2.4bn

ADGM partners with ADIB, Wio Bank and RAKBANK

Abu Dhabi Global Market partners with ADIB, Wio Bank, RAKBANK to support SMEs

The partnerships with ADIB and RAKBANK will focus on providing ADGM-registered and licensed businesses with preferential banking services

Liv. offers region's first in-app IPO subscription service

Digital bank Liv. offers region’s first in-app IPO subscription service

The initiative aims to support investor participation for upcoming listings

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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ETF market surpasses Dhs1.4bn in traded value

Year-to-date growth in the turnover of ADX’s ETF market was supported by more than 11,400 trades of 227 million units

Empower

Empower rises in Dubai trading debut after $724m IPO

Empower is Dubai’s fourth privatisation in recent months

Oman’s sovereign wealth fund boosts assets to $41.5bn

The fund now manages over OMR16bn of assets in 40 countries and has achieved an annual average return of 10.3 per cent

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi expects IPO boom to continue, with 11 deals next year

Listings in the Middle East have seen strong investor interest

Martin Tricaud of first Abu Dhabi Bank

Insights: How banks can unlock the finance needed to get to net zero

First Abu Dhabi Bank has structured green financing for the development of renewable energy projects, the construction of energy efficient buildings and infrastructure development for sustainable water management