Brazil

UAE’s Mubadala Capital raises $322m in first investment fund in Brazil

Mubadala Capital manages over $10bn of assets in third-party managed funds across its Brazil, private equity, public equities and venture capital businesses

Gold holds biggest gain since October as investors seek haven

Bullion’s appeal as a store of value is being burnished by risk aversion in markets and a surge in inflation worldwide

Saudi

Saudi Arabia’s economic growth stays near decade-high as oil powers rebound

The kingdom’s economy expanded 6.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021

Dubai International Chamber to attract 50 multinational companies over three years

It also aims to support the international expansion of 100 Dubai-based companies

Investors are waiting for the right opportunity: UBS

UBS’ Investor Sentiment Survey found that UAE investors were concerned about the pandemic, rising healthcare costs and the global trade conflict

UAE

UAE business tax will help support smaller emirates’ economies, S&P says

The country plans to levy a 9 per cent corporate tax from June 2023

Saudi Arabia

Saudi wealth fund edges closer to green bond with Moody’s rating

Last week, Fitch Ratings gave the fund a rating of A

The UAE is set to levy corporate tax: Here’s what analysts say

The country plans to introduce a 9 per cent federal tax on corporate earnings for the first time next year

OPEC+ agrees on another gradual oil-output hike for March

Oil prices soared to a seven-year high above $90 a barrel last month, stirring expectations of a return to triple-digits

Flags of all 6 GCC member states, Doha, Qatar.

GCC economies to bounce back in 2022: MUFG Research

Forecast shows GDP to grow at 6.1 per cent this year; with the GCC surplus to reach $27bn

Gold holds gains with inflation outlook eyed for direction

Markets in China and some other Asian countries will be closed for much of the week for the Lunar New Year holidays

UAE corporate tax

UAE to introduce federal corporate tax on business profits from 2023

The Ministry of Finance has set a rate of 9 per cent for taxable income exceeding Dhs375,000

Abu Dhabi’s EDGE Group appoints ADQ’s group CIO as new CEO

Mansour Mohamed AlMulla is also a board member of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Abu Dhabi Global Market, and Etihad Aviation Group

Saudi Investment

Saudi wealth fund rakes in $5bn as demand for stocks booms

The Saudi benchmark index has jumped about 9 per cent this year

Dubai FDI

Dubai reports Dhs15.9bn of FDI in the first nine months of 2021

It ranked third globally in attracting greenfield foreign direct investments

Oman vows to extend economic reforms as its finances stabilise

Oman’s cost-cutting steps along with a rally in oil prices helped the sultanate return to global debt markets

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Dubai issues 72,152 new business licences in 2021

A total of 59 per cent of these were professional licences, while 41 per cent were commercial

2021 ended as fifth-hottest year with push from spiking methane

Atmospheric methane increased by a record amount last year, to 1,876 parts per billion

Nasdaq Dubai

Nasdaq Dubai records $23.1bn sukuk and bond listings in 2021

The 30 listings undertaken in 2021 were 15.5 per cent higher than the number of listings the previous year

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed issues decrees regulating Dubai Chambers

The legislations include a decree establishing Dubai Chambers as a new entity that replaces the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Hisham Khalid Tawfiq Abdulkhaliq

ADQ appoints new chairman of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

Hisham Khalid Tawfiq Abdulkhaliq Malak also serves as the undersecretary of the Department of Finance

UAE economy forecasted to grow 4.2% in 2022

The growth in the oil sector’s gross domestic product is set to be at 5 per cent this year

ADNOC Umm Shaif

ADNOC awards $946m contract for UAE’s Umm Shaif field

The contract was awarded by ADNOC Offshore to National Petroleum Construction Company following a tender process

Gold holds biggest decline in six weeks after bond yields surge

Bullion fell last year in its biggest annual decline since 2015

Power Letters 2022: Hamad Buamim, president and CEO, Dubai Chamber

Dubai International Chamber is supporting ongoing efforts to boost the emirate’s trade to Dhs2 trillion over the next five years

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai

Sheikh Mohammed approves Dubai budget of Dhs181bn for 2022-2024

It includes an expenditure of nearly Dhs60bn in 2022

Warba Bank nasdaq dubai

Warba Bank lists $250m sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai

The total value of the Kuwaiti bank’s sukuk on the exchange stands at $898m

GCC-UK strategic partnership to create jobs and drive economic growth in the Middle East

The GCC and UK already cooperate in many areas including security, foreign policy, trade and investment

Bank of America, Societe Generale to follow new weekend in the UAE

From January, the UAE will adopt a Monday-Thursday work week with Friday being a half day

Saudi Crown Prince launches masterplan for SAR75bn Jeddah Central project

The project will include four landmarks – an opera House, museum, sports stadium and oceanarium, as well as 17,000 residential units