Bloomberg Tremors are continuing to ripple through the UK mortgage market despite the Bank of England’s intervention to calm financial turbulence. Higher borrowing costs for lenders means the average monthly cost of a two-year fixed-rate mortgage will rise by 70% by March from January this year, Bloomberg Economics estimates. The cost of a two-year fixed-rate mortgage on an average-priced ...

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd has lost its title as China’s biggest company, the latest sign of how far regulatory risk and dimming growth prospects has set back the country’s technology industry. Shares of the online gaming company have tumbled 64% in Hong Kong since a January 2021 peak, wiping $623 billion off its market value. That’s more than any other ...

  Bloomberg UK equity outflows are on track for their worst year ever, with investors pulling $18 billion from the country’s stock funds so far in 2022, according to Bank of America Corp. The figure eclipses prior years, and would mark a seventh straight year of UK equity outflows — every year since the 2016 Brexit referendum — according to ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Global Mission, an Abu Dhabi based non-profit, along with its global partners, has established a $US17 billion fund to help achieve the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) across the globe, a senior executive told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). “This ‘Global Fund for Sustainable Development’ is the most ambitious SDG-fund worldwide. Based in ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has successfully concluded Made For Trade Live events in Miami and New York as it seeks to attract more companies from the US to the UAE. DMCC sees significant opportunities for growth in the UAE–US trade corridor, which was worth $23 billion in 2021, not least because of the recently signed ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Thursday welcomed the listing of shares of Salik Company (PJSC), the leading company in the field of traffic tariff systems at the regional level and the exclusive toll gates operator in Dubai. This is the third public offering and listing on the DFM in 2022 to date, as part of the accelerated ...

  Vienna / WAM Hamad Ali Al Kaabi, UAE Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that the participants of the 66th Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference currently being held in Vienna are closely following the UAE’s success in the peaceful nuclear energy sector, as well as its expertise in developing relevant infrastructure, and ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) signed an agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Tax Evasion with respect to taxes on income with Tanzania, as part of its endeavours to strengthen cooperation frameworks in tax matters, protect taxpayers from double taxation, and avoid impeding the flow of trade and investment. Mohamed bin Hadi ...

  Sharjah / WAM Based on National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority’s (NCEMA) statement on easing Covid-19 restrictions, Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) announced reducing Covid -19 restrictions in all its educational institutions. The announcement includes that wearing masks is optional in closed and opened areas, updating the Green Pass in Al Hosn app, and other decisions that have ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai has achieved outstanding results in the Local Online Service Index (LOSI) 2022 issued by the United Nations as part of its bi-annual E-Government Survey, with the city being included in the list of the world’s best-performing digital governments that received a ‘Very High’ rating. Dubai was ranked fifth globally and first in the Arab world ...