The majority of S&P and Dow Jones sharia-compliant benchmarks produced a better performance than conventional indices in the second quarter.
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The majority of S&P and Dow Jones sharia-compliant benchmarks produced a better performance than conventional indices in the second quarter.
The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has settled its first repurchase (repo) transactions.
A proposed deal from US investment manager Colony Capital to buy part of the fund management business of troubled Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital is reportedly in doubt after meeting resistance from investors.
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has taken a 50% stake in Societe d’Exploitation et de Gestion Aeroportuaires (Sega), a pan-African holding company specialising in airport investments across West and Central Africa.
Abu Dhabi-based investment manager Waha Capital will reportedly undertake a recruitment drive before launching a series of funds.
US-based private equity firm Blackstone Group is expected to launch its Saudi-backed infrastructure fund following the news that it has completed a round of fundraising worth $5 billion.
Index provider MSCI has upgraded Saudi equities to emerging market status by including them in its widely tracked Emerging Markets index.
Sovereign wealth fund the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is set to acquire a 21.4% stake in UK insurer the Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).
Abu Dhabi-based private equity group Waha Capital has abandoned plans to launch a $300 million private equity fund.
Our panellists tell us that instead of launching competing national projects, African countries should work together for the sake of a bigger capital market. Chaired by George Mitton in Cape Town.
Amid a fresh wave of American sanctions, Romil Patel spoke to Meysam Hamedi, director of financial markets and instruments at Iran’s Securities & Exchange Organization (SEO).
In 2016, global consulting firm PWC forecast the emergence of five global ‘megatrends’ in the next two decades. Stephen Anderson, its Middle East clients and markets leader, talks about their...
With the MENA region at a tipping point, our panellists talk about economic diversification, the impact of regulation and the delayed Saudi Aramco listing. Chaired by Romil Patel in Dubai.
Our cross-industry panel discuss the positive backdrop in Egypt, the Dana Gas controversy and the potential index upgrades of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Chaired by George Mitton in Dubai.
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