Banking & Finance
Saudi is almost certain to adopt the DME's Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract as its benchmark. The main question is when, not if.
Banking & Finance
Morroco still remains a marginal market for investors due to poor infrastructure, poor legal framework & excessive red tape.
Banking & Finance
Natsuko Waki looks at why governments in the Middle East and Asia are taking on a greater role to deepen Islamic finance markets.
Banking & Finance
Saatchi & Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts thinks the global economy cheerleaders are about to get a nasty shock.
Banking & Finance
The trend for specialised SWFs to seek global credit ratings may give them new sources of financing.
Banking & Finance
A high-profile default is renewing debate about whether Sukuks are in fact equity-like instruments.
Banking & Finance
Many of Hong Kong’s hedge fund managers find it easy to draw a link between managing money and martial arts.
Banking & Finance
Amid signs that green shoots are beginning to wilt, investors are worrying that global bourses may be headed for a crash.
Banking & Finance
Investors anxiously await the fate of Nakheel’s $3.5bn sukuk, & the next installment of Dubai’s $10bn bailout fund.
Banking & Finance
Investor Roshan Chawla offered thanks to the Hindu goddess of wealth, on Diwali, praying for a repeat surge in equities.
Banking & Finance
Private equity firms in the Middle East are low on leverage and high on cash, with around $11bn of unspent capital in their coffers.
Banking & Finance
Supplies of sugar are scarce in Malaysia because of a global shortage and a decades-old government price cap.
Banking & Finance
Allowing overseas firms full ownership of their business in the UAE would open the door to FDI in the country.
Banking & Finance
National pride may prevent Gulf bourses from merging. But there will be winners and losers.
Banking & Finance
As the UAE looks to boost the number of start-ups being established during the global downturn, Claire Ferris-Lay looks at the implications new legislation could have on the economy.
Banking & Finance
The price of gold hit $1,000 for only the fourth time in history early last week. But some experts say its current price is unsustainable.
Banking & Finance
Dominique Jackson, a student at the Community College of Denver, says Montreal financial adviser Earl Jones persuaded her to invest her inheritance with him and sell US stocks. Now she wonders if she’ll ever see the money again.
Banking & Finance
As two of the region’s most prominent family firms prepare to battle it out in a New York court, Claire Ferris-Lay examines what this will mean for family-owned companies in the Gulf.
Banking & Finance
Dubai is looking to borrow another $10bn to refinance its debt in the wake of a sharp economic downturn. But who's buying?
Banking & Finance
Will Takaful or Islamic insurance ever catch on in the West, and are its Gulf prospects truly long-term?
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