Virtual assets Emmanuel Givanakis CEO of ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority

Insights: Decoding the virtual asset landscape

The establishment of digital asset and virtual asset regulatory frameworks has placed Abu Dhabi, on the map as a regional and global virtual assets trading centre

ACCA MoE sign partenership Fazeela Gopalani

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UAE Ministry of Economy sign strategic partnership

The new programme will support and encourage UAE citizens with various specialisations to enter into the financial and accounting sectors

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s GDP grows 11.2% in the first half of 2022

Abu Dhabi’s non-oil GDP grew to Dhs273bn, contributing more than 50 per cent to the emirate’s real GDP

ADX

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange launches rebranded ETF platform

ADX has witnessed strong year-to-date growth in the ETF market’s trading activity with around 12,500 trades of 243 million units

Dubai Islamic Bank prices $750m inaugural sustainable sukuk

Dubai Islamic Bank prices $750m inaugural sustainable sukuk

The transaction marked the largest issue size in international capital markets by a GCC bank since February 2022

Revealed: Winners of the Gulf Business Awards 2022

The awards celebrated stalwarts and companies from across the region’s business landscape

Saudi Investment

Saudi Investment talks boost Kakao Group’s battered shares

The Public Investment Fund is in talks with Singapore’s GIC Pte to jointly fund up to 800bn won ($591m) ahead of Kakao Entertainment’s initial public offering due next year

Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance,

Binance CEO Zhao seeks Middle East cash for crypto recovery fund

Details on the size of the fund and the projects to support are still not decided and it’s likely several weeks before the vehicle takes off

Dubai Financial market

Dubai Financial Market launches new general index

The developed indices provide various market participants with investable and tradeable benchmarks for the DFM equity market

Kuwait

Kuwait posts smaller deficit for last fiscal year on higher oil

The OPEC member recorded the highest non-oil revenue in seven years, up 38.5 per cent to KD2.4bn

ADGM partners with ADIB, Wio Bank and RAKBANK

Abu Dhabi Global Market partners with ADIB, Wio Bank, RAKBANK to support SMEs

The partnerships with ADIB and RAKBANK will focus on providing ADGM-registered and licensed businesses with preferential banking services

Liv. offers region's first in-app IPO subscription service

Digital bank Liv. offers region’s first in-app IPO subscription service

The initiative aims to support investor participation for upcoming listings

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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ETF market surpasses Dhs1.4bn in traded value

Year-to-date growth in the turnover of ADX’s ETF market was supported by more than 11,400 trades of 227 million units

Empower

Empower rises in Dubai trading debut after $724m IPO

Empower is Dubai’s fourth privatisation in recent months

Oman’s sovereign wealth fund boosts assets to $41.5bn

The fund now manages over OMR16bn of assets in 40 countries and has achieved an annual average return of 10.3 per cent

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi expects IPO boom to continue, with 11 deals next year

Listings in the Middle East have seen strong investor interest

Martin Tricaud of first Abu Dhabi Bank

Insights: How banks can unlock the finance needed to get to net zero

First Abu Dhabi Bank has structured green financing for the development of renewable energy projects, the construction of energy efficient buildings and infrastructure development for sustainable water management

SHUAA Capital reports financial results for Q2 2022

Dubai’s Shuaa Capital reports Dhs20m in Q3 net profit

Its cost-to-income ratio stood at 77 per cent in the third quarter of the year, decreasing from 90 in Q2 2022

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Saudi wealth fund plans to sell 10% stake in stock exchange

The offering comes almost a year after the stock exchange went public in a $1bn initial public offering

Gaurav Sharma Investcorp India

Bahrain’s Investcorp leads $67m investment in India’s Global Dental Services

This marks Investcorp’s fourth healthcare investment in India and its first in the dental industry in the country

DP World partners with Emirates Development Bank to finance SME growth

DP World partners with Emirates Development Bank to finance SME growth

It includes a formal framework for both entities to provide SMEs with access to trade financing

empower Dubai

Empower IPO raises over Dhs2.6bn

Upon listing, Empower will become the world’s largest district cooling services provider on a stock exchange

Investcorp plans major ramp up of India assets to $5bn

The asset manager has been expanding holdings from the US to Asia as it seeks to reach assets of about $100bn

IHC announces profits for nine month period

Abu Dhabi-based IHC reports 236 per cent rise in profit for first nine months

Continued momentum in direct and indirect acquisitions were the main drivers behind the growth rate over the previous year’s quarter, with IHC’s total assets increasing to Dhs198.8bn

Finastra's Nour Sabri on baas in Saudi Arabia

Insights: How BaaS can transform consumer financing in Saudi Arabia

While securing a bank loan that suits individual needs can be time-consuming and often unsuccessful, banking as a service may be the solution

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What you need to know about investing in renewable energy stocks

Investing in green stocks can be a great way to protect your portfolio from market volatility

Mark Napier VP Director DWTC

Insights: How food producers can leverage sustainability-linked financing

The global food production industry is increasingly turning to green financing as a way of mitigating its impact on the planet

Investcorp, Fung Capital to start $500m Greater Bay fund

The fund will mainly focus on buyouts of firms in or close to the region that spans the Chinese cities of Hong Kong and Macau

CBUAE launches new website

UAE Central Bank raises interest rate by 75 basis points

The US Federal Reserve upped its policy rate by three-quarters of a percentage point for the fourth consecutive time

Empower

Dubai’s Empower increases IPO stake size from 10% to 15%

The company’s market capitalisation at listing is expected to be between $3.56bn and $3.62bn