Middle East Business News

Kuwait Fund Sues London Boss Who 'blew' Budget On Bonuses

Kuwait Investment Authority has filed a claim for $1.3m in damages related to salaries and bonuses Read more

Standard Chartered Bank Appoints New Saudi CEO

Standard Chartered Bank was awarded the licence to setup a banking branch in Saudi Arabia in 2019 Read more

UAE Shoppers Taking Advantage Of 'buy Now, Pay Later' Platforms

Fintech start-ups flourishing during Covid-19 pandemic as alternative options for businesses and consumers in increasing... Read more

Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Invests $150m In US-based Wood Pellet Firm Enviva

Enviva completed the recapitalisation of the company, raising more than $1 billion in new and incremental equity Read more

Saudi Car Rental Firm Theeb Hires Fransi Capital For IPO

The IPO could happen next year, depending on how quickly the company recovers from the impact of the coronavirus outbrea... Read more

Saudi's SRC To Issue Domestic Sukuks With $1.3bn Funding Target

Company is also looking to attract 'significant amount' by tapping international markets Read more

Middle East Suitor For Crisis-hit Hyflux Submits Binding Offer

Under the terms of the offer, debts owed to unsecured creditors, bondholders and trade creditors will be exchanged into ... Read more

FDI At Saudi Arabia's King Salman Energy Park To Exceed $2bn

Upon completion SPARK will add SAR22bn annually to Saudi Arabia's GDP by 2035 Read more

Mashreq Reports Drop In First-half Profit Amid 'tough Operating Environment'

Covid-19 pushed the impairment allowances to increase in the second quarter of 2020 massively affecting half yearly prof... Read more

Saudi Arabia Explores Income Tax, Privatisation To Boost Finances

'Saudi Arabia is not in austerity and we are not getting into an austerity phase,' said Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jad... Read more

UAE Asset Manager To Start ETF Trading In Dubai And Abu Dhabi

The ETF will have two different share classes that will track a Shariah-compliant index compiled from stocks listed on t... Read more

UAE Energy Trader To Restructure Finances Following Oil's Crash

GP Global said it has been 'targeted by vested interests' spreading rumours about its financial standing Read more

Emirates NBD Receives Approval To Double Foreign Ownership Limit

Dubai's largest bank earlier reported a 45% slump in first-half profits Read more

Survey Reveals Trust In UAE Banks On The Increase

UAE banking sector has higher trust rating than US, UK, China, Japan, France and Germany Read more

Emirates NBD Reports 45% Slump In Profit After $1.1bn Provisions

Emirates NBD continues to have a good underlying operating performance, said CFO Patrick Sullivan Read more