Bahrain-based alternative investment manager Investcorp has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mercury Capital Advisors, a US-based investment advisory firm.
Investors have welcomed a decision by the Oman government to suspend a 10% withholding tax on dividends and interests paid out by listed companies.
Abu Dhabi’s financial services watchdog has granted ‘in principle’ approval for BitOasis to operate as a crypto asset exchange and custodian within the Abu Dhabi General Market (ADGM).
Bahrain’s government is planning to establish a new unit to provide accurate information on its real estate market for investors and developers.
Wahed Invest, the first shariah robo-advisor to be launched in the US, is to be expanded to over 130 international markets, including the Mena region.
The $1 billion healthcare fund that was at the centre of the collapse of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region’s biggest buyout firm has finally found a home after US private equity firm TPG agreed a deal to take over the management of Abraaj’s Growth Markets Health Fund.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) is set to launch a venture capital fund designed to boost financing for local start-ups and to help new fund managers looking to establish themselves in the UAE’s capital.
The Kuwait Central Bank has withheld its approval for Warba Bank’s planned acquisition of asset management firm Kuwait & Middle East Financial Investment Company (KMEFIC).
Gulf Capital and Waha Capital, two of Abu Dhabi’s most prominent investment firms, are reportedly in talks over a possible merger.
The Saudi Stock Exchange, or Tadawul, is to reduce its trading fees in order to encourage more secondary trading of debt and greater involvement from retail and institutional investors.
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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September 2019
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