United Arab Emirates
Finance
Bourse M&A looks set to continue this year between developed and emerging markets. On June 25, NYSE Euronext agreed to purchase a 25% stake in Qatar's Doha Securities Market (DSM)....
2008-06-26Finance
Dubai World, the Dubai state investment group, has been busy of late. Subsidiaries of the sovereign investment fund, have agreed to buy global logistics operations company Gazeley...
2008-06-12Finance
Kuwait's Global Investment House, an asset management and investment banking company, announced on April 22 that it will sell 355mn shares to investors. The share sale will raise...
2008-04-25Economy
In a move that should help to boost foreign interest in the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) the exchange has entered into a cooperation deal with the US giant NYSE Euronext. The...
2008-03-19Finance
The government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has sent a letter outlining the investment principles of its sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to the US Treasury Department, as...
2008-03-19Finance
The market for Islamic private equity funds looks to be booming, as a number of firms in the Middle East have recently announced plans to launch new funds that will invest in the...
2008-03-14Finance
In a recent investor meeting in New York that CFW attended, it was discussed how high prices in both food and commodities are causing investors to pursue new initiatives. One example...
2008-03-04Finance
Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole...
2008-02-26
