Sarwa, a Dubai-based robo-adviser, has secured $1.3 million in funding from investors including Middle East Venture Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Beirut and Dubai. The capital will be used to finance Sarwa’s Mena expansion plans.
Bahrain-listed alternative investment manager Investcorp has bought a 40% stake in Swiss private bank Banque Pâris Bertrand Sturdza (PBS).
UK-based emerging market investor Actis has become the latest bidder for the funds of beleaguered buyout firm Abraaj.
Rating agency Moody’s expects global sukuk issuance to reach $90-$100 billion by the end of 2018, keeping it in line with 2017 levels.
Dubai-based asset manager Amanat Investments has grown its portfolio to more than $540 million with the $38.58 million acquisition of a 69.3% stake in a Bahraini women’s hospital.
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is turning to international banks for a loan in the region of $11 billion, according to the Financial Times.
The Egyptian government is looking to increase its foreign direct investment by more than 40% and create 750,000 jobs in the current fiscal year as part of a five year development plan.
Saudi-based International Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) will team up with US fund manager Federated Investors to launch a sharia-compliant trade finance fund.
Individuals will be allowed to invest in Islamic bonds on Nasdaq Dubai by 2019, according to remarks from its chief executive.
Dubai-based independent gas company Dana Gas has completed the restructuring of its controversial $700 million sukuk.
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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