The Saudi Arabian economy has been commended for ... According to a report by the Institute of ... Charles Dallara, managing director at IIF, said: "While ... However, some economies look better placed to face ... In contrast, Saudi Arabia has the second lowest ... The report said: "Some banks in the UAE,...
BMB Group, the Middle east sovereign-backed merchant bank, ... The bank announced today it has acquired EMP, ... The acquisition is expected to be the first ... EMP Global’s managing partners Moeen Qureshi and Dan ... Chris Walker, global head of Institutional Sales and...
Samba Financial, a Saudi Arabian banking group, sealed ... According to data prepared for Financial News by ... Morgan Stanley, which had been top last month, ... The largest secondary issue this month was the ... There has been one initial public offering this ... Jordan was host to two share issues, with...
When Barclays issued £1.25bn (€1.5bn) in mandatory convertible ... Although MCNs are not strictly comparable with convertible ... However, there is a question over the extent ... The 23% collapse in the UBS European Convertible ... After a brief fillip at the start of ... Similarly, equity investors can buy equity with downside...
Middle East buyout firms Abu Dhabi Investment Company ... ADIC, the state-backed buyout group, has made three ... The firm has also hired Stephen Swanson, formerly ... The firm said it made the hires to ... The hires come within a day of an ... The moves are the latest in examples of...
Dubai International Capital, Dubai Holding's international investment arm, ... "In the past we talked about $12bn to ... "The largest portion of our portfolio, 70%, is ... DIC is now eyeing the US, where it ... "We see tremendous opportunities in the US in ... The investment firm is also targeting opportunities elsewhere,...
Debt capital market and loan syndication volumes in ... There has also been just one syndicated loan ... United Arab Emirates-based Taghleef Industries raised $175m (€136.2m) ... The United Arab Emirates dominates debt market activity ... Saudi Arabia and Lebanon make up the top...
Opportunities in the Middle East for western exchanges ... Tom Healy, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi ... Market participants said interest in the Middle East ... Herbie Skeete, managing director of Mondo Visione said ... The Middle East has also become more welcoming. ... The past two years has seen many partnerships...
Opportunities in the Middle East for western exchanges ... Tom Healy, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi ... Market participants said interest in the Middle East ... Herbie Skeete, managing director of Mondo Visione said ... The Middle East has also become more welcoming. ... The past two years has seen many partnerships...
State-backed buyout group Abu Dhabi Investment Company has ... ADIC has bought telecommunications support group OrasInvest in ... ADIC and a group of unnamed co-investors bought ... Naguib Sawiris, chief executive of Orascom, said the ... Alwaleed Abdelrahman, a senior vice president in ADIC’s...
Private equity firms in the Middle East must ... Two senior figures from the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ... Private equity traditionally relied on growing the earnings ... Alhassan Goussous, managing director of Swicorp in Saudi ... Faysal Hamza, executive director of the buyout house...
JP Morgan boosted its share of the Middle ... According to the Middle East Databank, compiled for ... Credit Suisse, HSBC and Goldman Sachs, which had ... Credit Suisse maintained its position as the top ... However, JP Morgan's boost in market share comes ... For the month to November 17, there have...
With economies benefiting from oil revenues and historically ... While European and US investors tied themselves in ... The region has not escaped unscathed. In mid-October, ... Nasser Saïdi, chief economist at the Dubai International ... In the region, the liquidity injections have largely...
Western-style relationship banking has arrived in the Middle ... Although banks are eager to display their commitment ... In August, the nine banks that arranged a ... Bankers say the pay-to-play strategy comes as corporates ... This shake-up is evident in the advisory rankings...
While it may be too early to call ... Eighty-three per cent of respondents to a Financial ... Nasser Saïdi, chief economist at the Dubai International ... That does not mean the outlook is rosy ... Only 18% said revenues had increased, and a ... Yet no one expects the market to contract....
Investors in private equity buffeted by the financial ... On first appraisal, growth in infrastructure, driven mainly ... In July, consultancy McKinsey said in a survey, ... Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange, the Tadawul, was fourth ... Non-infrastructure focused private equity funds raised for the...
State-backed developer Nakheel last month unveiled one of ... Nakheel does not stand alone in its belief ... A majority of respondents to a Jones Lang ... Vinay Bedi, a UK director of developer DEC ... Certainly, if past performance is to go by, ... As a result, the emirate is pressing on...
Investment banks have been redeploying staff to bolster ... Cynics regard the moves as attempts to impress ... To dispel some of the mystery, Financial News ... Less than a week after Lehman Brothers’ European ... HSBC took redeployment of talent by its rivals ... As co-head of equity capital markets for central...
The stream of financial institutions setting up in ... While most Middle Eastern employment legislation mirrors that ... Problems can arise when companies are setting up ... Monique Fry, a partner at the London office ... It requires businesses to have transparent scorecards to...