UAE salaries to rise 4.6% in 2017, down from 4.9% in 2016

New report says employees in Saudi, Qatar and Kuwait can expect higher wage hikes next year

Saudi cabinet approves land tax, foreign investment rules

Foreign investors will be able to own 100 per cent of retail and wholesale businesses

Gulf sovereign investors miss targets by 2% in 2015

Real estate allocations grow by 4 per cent since 2013, report by Invesco

Qatar Investment Authority acquires $2.5bn Singapore tower

The acquisition of Asian Square Tower 1 marks the largest single tower real estate transaction in Asia Pacific

Saudi may begin privatising postal system by 2017

Authorities are still studying how much of Saudi Postal would be sold

Landmark Saudi bond takes step forward

The kingdom is expected to raise at least $10bn as it seeks to tackle its burgeoning fiscal deficit

Emirates to pay off $1.1bn of bonds, has financing for 2016/2017

The carrier said it had already received committed offers to finance the delivery of aircraft this year

IMF warns GCC governments to up deficit reduction measures

The fund said an additional substantial deficit reduction effort is required in the region

Abu Dhabi Financial Group to acquire Shuaa Capital stake

The firm was one of three linked to the acquisition in recent weeks

Al Habtoor Group plays down IPO reports

Yesterday Bloomberg cited the company’s chief executive as saying it had all the necessary documents to go public

Debt warning after 20 Filipinos arrested in transit through GCC

Expats warned that a new passport would not protect debtors from detection

Dubai bank Emirates NBD in Dhs 500m digital push

The lender will the invest the amount in its digital operations over the next three years

Saudi eyes $15bn of bond sales in 2016, post-Ramadan issue

The kingdom is said to have been encouraged by Qatar’s record issue last week

Abu Dhabi, Al Mal and Arqaam among Shuaa stake bidders

The stake is being sold by Dubai Group to meet debt repayments

Saudi Arabia hires HSBC banker for bond sale – report

Fahad Al Saif has become the second HSBC banker to be appointed to a government role in recent months, according to reports

Qatar completes Middle East’s largest ever bond sale

Middle Eastern bond sales this year total almost $30bn

Shuaa Capital plays down reports of job cuts

Reports earlier this week indicated the bank had laid off 15 per cent of its workforce

Doha Bank CEO says liquidity ‘much bigger issue’ than 2008

Raghavan Seetharaman said it was a “challenging time” for lenders

Dubai’s Shuaa Capital cuts 15% of staff

Before the lay-offs, the bank had about 70 employees

Former Saudi haj minister appointed IDB’s new head

Bandar Hajjar’s candidacy was endorsed by the Saudi government and the outgoing IDB president Ahmad Mohamed Ali

IMF backs Saudi’s new economic reform plan

Late last month, Saudi announced steps to reduce its dependence on oil exports over the next 15 years

Saudi’s Binladin gets bank loan to ease finance crunch

The amount will reportedly be used to cover redundancy costs for workers it is laying off, back salaries and severance costs

Gulf borrowers turn to private bonds as sales surge

Gulf bond sales have increased by a third so far this year, according to Bloomberg

Oil near $50 may support Gulf bourses

Petrochemical shares have given the greatest boost to Riyadh’s index over the last week

Saudi’s largest bank eyes overseas expansion

The bank plans to grow its Turkey franchise and expand into Malaysia, Indonesia and Egypt, its chairman said

QIA teams up with Brookfield to bid for Australia's Asciano - report

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund creates new $100bn unit

The fund will also abandon the Qatar Holding name, according to reports

Saudi Arabia said to be holding $116.8bn in US debt

The US Treasury Department released information related to its debt for the first time in four decades

UAE sovereign wealth funds hiring in-house to cut costs

Measures are seen as a means of reducing the “huge fees” some funds pay to external managers

Bahrain privately places $435m sukuk

Bahrain is stepping up its borrowing and in late February borrowed $600m

Almost 50% of UAE workers didn’t get a pay hike in 2015

Up to 28 per cent of UAE professionals don’t expect a raise this year, finds new survey