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• Rich pickingsFeatures | 16 May 2008

  More banks are creating best-of-breed offerings to cater for ultra high net worth clients.

• Women & wealthInterviews | 21 January 2008

  There is huge demand for women's only banking services across the Middle East prompting several banks in the region to launch female only products. Dubai Islamic Bank has gone one step further by opening five official women only branches and launching a women's credit card and auto finance as part of its Johara service. Rana Hindawi, product development manager at Johara, tells Holly Sands more about the service.

• Girl powerFeatures | 3 October 2007

  An increasingly wealthy female population has led the region's banks to launch a raft of "women only" services.

• Hitting the headlinesFeatures | 12 September 2007

  New Escrow law aims to sustain Dubai's property boom, take financial risk out of buying off-plan property.

• The rise of the super-richFeatures | 23 August 2007

  Arabian Business talks to a regional private banker with a personal approach to dealing with his increasingly demanding clients.

• Candidates for consolidationFeatures | 21 July 2007

  The region's banking sector is facing up to the biggest shake-up it has ever witnessed during its tender 50-year history.

• Freehold Jumeirah: developers continue to push the boundaries in DubaiFeatures | 13 July 2007

  One of Dubai's smartest residential areas is about to witness the construction of its first freehold estate. Christopher Sell goes on site at Acacia Avenues in Jumeirah to witness the lengths developers have to go to in Dubai to retain the publics' interest.

• Over the hedgeFeatures | 16 June 2007

  A controversial Sharia-compliant fund has caused concern among some Islamic scholars. Arabian Business studies the hedge fund conundrum.

• Marketing the marketFeatures | 2 June 2007

  Arabian Business reports on why last week's investor conference in London could be just the beginning of the DFM's global drive for institutional investors.

• Competing or complementary?Comment | 31 May 2007

  As Islamic financial instruments develop, they need to decide what they want to be when they grow up.

• Letter of the lawFeatures | 31 May 2007

  How new sukuk structures can balance commercial imperatives with the demands of Shariah compliance.

• Cleaning billsFeatures | 7 March 2007

  As the UAE launches a money laundering investigation, we look at how technology can play in a part in stopping this illegal activity.

• Growth potentialFeatures | 31 January 2007

  There are growing opportunities for private equity investors as regional businesses realise the advantages of external funding and demand for infrastructure projects increases

• Autofinance: Clear cut deal?Features | 30 November 2006

  The UAE’s “auto ownership mania” has made the country a prime international market for carmakers – a business opportunity which has not escaped the local retail bankers. With a plethora of auto financing packages currently available in the marketplace, are car buyers getting a good deal?

• Consumer choiceFeatures | 30 September 2006

  The choice of Islamic financial products is becoming larger and larger. Now, more and more investors are looking to Islamic vehicles in order to plan for their future. ABF looks at the array of Islamic personal investment products on offer