Firms are eyeing REITs, which are transforming the speculative property market into a stable source of revenue.
Search engine optimisation, or SEO as it’s better known, is vital for any business. James Reynolds, founder of SEO Sherpa, explains how to maximise search results.
Ahead of Cityscape, property experts claim the city’s real estate market has recovered this year.
As the region’s largest real estate event approaches, the man behind Cityscape Global says it will be their biggest event post-2008.
Gulf Business spoke to Toby Simpson, managing director of the Gulf Recruitment Group, to find out the best way to start a new career in the hotly favoured tax-free city of Dubai.
Next time you make a business mistake, comfort yourself by remembering these legendary blunders that are still studied in business schools.
Local investors are looking for fixed income investment opportunities outside the region, say asset managers.
William C. Keliehor aids financial development in Iraq, a country where only 15 per cent of the population has a bank account.
Following the Fukushima disaster last year, how can the country learn from those mistakes and ensure it gets its $20 billion project right?
As the notoriously private wealth vehicles gain increased visibility, especially with their emerging markets investment push, Gulf Business lists the top 10 SWFs in the world.
With entrepreneurship in the region witnessing an unprecedented boom, funding options are also on the rise.
Higher GCC banking profitability was driven by improvement in margins, faster asset expansion and expanding fee income in 2011.
The top 50 banks’ consolidated assets grew by a higher 9.1 per cent in 2011 to $1.2 trillion, compared to 6.8 per cent in 2010 and four per cent in 2009.
The false records cases could be easier to prove than money-laundering.
An expected stimulus from the US Federal Reserve, instability in the Middle East and a fall in North Sea output are all spurring oil prices.
Central Bank orders regional banks to meet liquidity requirements from January 2013, in preparation for Basel.
Gulf Business reporter Aarti Nagraj tries her luck at trading currencies and shares a daily account of her experience for a week
Where in Dubai should you rent or buy? What will it cost you? And is it even worth it? Read what Meghna Pant, features editor of Gulf Business has to say.
Despite being part of the $14 trillion BRICS economic bloc, South Africa’s golden age may be some way off. Peter Shaw-Smith discloses how this will impact the UAE.
The Sultanate has emerged from the global crisis relatively unscathed, but political fumbling could thwart its economic chances, says Ryan Harrison.
As GCC SWFs begin to invest closer to home, the West may find itself with an increasingly empty begging bowl.
Regional firms must work out exactly who they are before hitting the world stage, says CEO of Booz & Co.
Lending to the shipping industry is facing stormy waters amid a difficult global backdrop.
It’s unclear whether a recent surge in Islamic finance activity will lead to much-needed change.
Boosted by the GCC’s rapid industrialisation, courier firms are posting robust growth in the region.
As Sky News Arabia and Al Arab add to the region’s existing basket of Arabic news channels, can they gain marketshare?