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Saudi's New US Ambassador Princess Reema To Head Special Olympics Federation

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Princess Reema Bint Bandar, who recently became the country's first female envoy, was appointed as head of the new feder... Read more

Alaskan Quant Fund Sees Profit In Frontier Markets Near Upgrades

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Stocks from Kuwait currently comprise about 22% of the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, the highest weighting of any country Read more

Roger Federer Wins 100th Career Title In Dubai

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The 37-year-old Swiss star is the second man to achieve the feat after America's Jimmy Connors who ended his career with... Read more

Kuwait Said To Be Planning $10bn Fund With China

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Sources say Gulf state is discussing the creation of a Kuwait-China Silk Road Fund that would invest in projects related... Read more

Saudi Banking Giant Picks Temenos For Digital Transformation

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Al Rajhi Bank, the world's largest Islamic bank, appoints software firm to drive digital solutions Read more

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Starts Distressed Assets Fund In India

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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is partnering with Kotak Investment Advisors to target non-performing loan opportunities ... Read more

'On Edge' Federer Unsure Of Title Century After Moving Into Dubai Last Eight

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Roger Federer is now the Dubai tournament's highest seed following Kei Nishikori's shock defeat to Polish outsider Huber... Read more

Bahrain's Mumtalakat Open To McLaren IPO, Despite Brexit Uncertainty

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Mumtalakat's Mahmood Al Kooheji said turning a profit at Gulf Air isn't a priority Read more

Standard Chartered Gets Approval To Open Branch In Saudi

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The 150-year-old lender has been operating in the kingdom through Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia since 2009 Read more

Cross-border Bank Consolidation Likely In GCC, Says Bahrain Bank CEO

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National Bank of Bahrain CEO Jean Christophe Durand said that consolidation is natural when banks need further investmen... Read more

Top Seed Kei Nishikori Comes Through 'tricky' Dubai Debut

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Third seed Marin Cilic was knocked out by Gael Monfils Read more

Bahrain Crypto Exchange Wins Shari'a Compliance Certificate

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Rain announces graduation from the Central Bank of Bahrain's Regulatory Sandbox, in process of applying for licence Read more

Top Barclays Banker To Lead $1bn Gulf Infrastructure Venture

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Bahrain-based Investcorp and Aberdeen Standard Investments announce the appointment of Sir Gerry Grimstone as JV chairma... Read more

Bahrain's $100m VC Fund Allocates $45m So Far

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Al Waha Fund of Funds is aimed at boosting the start-up ecosystem and providing VC funds to support start-ups across the... Read more

Beijing Bank Said To Be In Talks To Back $20bn Saudi Fund

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Sources say Everbright Bank Co is among parties in talks to contribute capital to a joint investment fund being set up b... Read more

Abu Dhabi Bank Appoints New CEO To Drive Growth

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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has announced the appointment of Mazin Manna as its new Group CEO Read more

UAE Performance Weighs On Standard Chartered's MidEast Momentum

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Banking giant says it saw good performance in Saudi Arabia but also highlights 'underperformance' in the UAE Read more

Federer Starts 100th Title Bid With Kohlschreiber Win In Dubai

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Second seed Federer had to deal with a tricky opponent and strong gusts at the Aviation Club in front of nearly 5,500 fa... Read more

Shareholders Of UAE's Largest Bank Approve Record $2.2bn Dividends

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First Abu Dhabi Bank's general assembly meeting also approves plan to increase foreign ownership limit to 40% Read more

UAE Funds Said To Be In Fray For Indian Investment Firm Deal

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Investment Corporation of Dubai and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority linked with Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd... Read more