The Shoura Council has also asked the Kingdom’s anti-corruption agency to provide a report on the graft situation in the country.
Housing, water and electricity costs rose 1.5 per cent in the last two months and were the largest contributors to the overall increase in the consumer price index.
The move coincides with a wide-ranging government crackdown on corruption.
The company plans to use the proceeds for possible future acquisitions and investment in existing assets.
Emirates REIT, which was formed in 2010, has eight properties valued at over Dhs1.1 billion.
The lender has picked ANZ, Citigroup, HSBC and itself to arrange the Kangaroo bond.
The International Monetary Fund warned Kuwait in December to restrain the rising public sector wage bill and subsidies.
Doha Insurance has said the capital boost would increase financial solvency and improve its credit rating.
NBK’s Islamic banking business has helped to boost profits, the executive said.
Khalid Yousef al-Subeai was previously CEO of The First Investor, Barwa’s wholly-owned investment banking unit.
The publicity about deaths of migrant construction workers in Qatar could affect the availability and cost of hiring new workers, said the fund.
Regional shares were dampened last week due to the Ukrainian crisis but recovered lost ground as the situation seemed to have calmed.
Dubai needs to diversify its sectors to weather future economic risks, according to experts.
Rising house prices could affect Dubai’s regional competitiveness, an expert has said.
Around 55 percent of the company’s equity, or 275 million shares, will be offered to the public in the IPO at Dhs1 per share on the Dubai Financial Market, CAPM said.
The DMCC partnered with global brokerage firm BGC Partners this week to promote the platform to a wider international trading community.
Jallal, who was senior vice-president of investment banking at Saudi Fransi Capital, the investment banking unit of BSF, resigned last month.
Funds from the programme will go toward expanding the bank’s day-to-day business.
The Kingdom’s stock market saw five IPOs in 2013 worth around $506 million, down in both volume and value from 2012.
The conglomerate obtained money for the prepayment from asset sales.
In 2013, there were four separate examples of consolidation in the Bahraini banking sector.
Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics has a market capitalisation of $781 million.
Mubadala shifted some of its focus to emerging markets after the global financial crisis hit the United States and Europe.
Inflation rates will stay at manageable, low single-digit levels throughout the region, the report said.
Unrealistic pay rises during boom time might prove counterproductive to a company’s growth, expert says.
Sarah Al-Suhaimi, currently head of asset management and chief investment officer at Jadwa Investment has reportedly been hired as CEO of National Commercial Bank.
The REIT will invest in between 15 and 35 properties and be managed by Swiss-based B&I Capital AG.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed again ranks first in the region on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s billionaires.
Some 45 per cent of financial firms were victims of fraud last year, PwC’s 2014 global economic crime survey showed.
The Court of First Instance fined Ahmed Yousef Behbehani after a complaint by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).