ABU DHABI / WAM Gulf Capital, an Abu-Dhabi based alternative asset management company, announced a long-term ‘platinum’ corporate membership with Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF), the local environmental NGO which is committed to protecting the UAE’s natural heritage. As a platinum member, Gulf Capital will support EWS-WWF’s initiatives in the UAE, including marine and terrestrial conservation, environmental ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business In the presence of Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council; HE Dr Khalid Omar Al Midfa, Chairman of the Sharjah Media City (Shams) met HE Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), at the interim premises of Shams. The meeting was an occasion to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest financial institutions, has confirmed that the next phase of its brand roll-out will be launched during the second half of the year. During the coming months, the bank will start to install new FAB signage across First Gulf Bank and National ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Employment uncertainty and the rising cost of living continues to build deflationary pressures in the residential leasing market. As a result, residents are becoming increasingly cautious with their spending and gravitating towards affordable housing options, according to the latest Abu Dhabi MarketView by global real estate consultancy firm CBRE. As of Q2 2017, average rentals ...

Cairo / Emirates Business The downturn in the overall health of the non-oil private sector eased in July, with the latest deterioration in business conditions the weakest in a year. New orders stabilised during July, thereby ending a 21-month sequence of decline. Output declined at the slowest pace in 12 months, thereby leading to only a marginal fall in input ...

PARIS / Reuters Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) will sell its nearly five percent stake in Areva to the French state as the nuclear group is delisted and will stay away from nuclear investments for now, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund, one of the world’s biggest, paid 600 million euros ($712 million) for its 4.82 ...

ANKARA / Reuters Turkey picked Germany’s Siemens as the winning bidder for a $1 billion wind power project, a sign Ankara wants to keep business separate from the widening diplomatic row between the NATO allies. Relations have deteriorated amid the crackdown that followed the failed coup in Turkey last year. The arrest last month of 10 rights activists, including a ...

DUBAI / Reuters The government of Oman has raised $3.55 billion through a loan from a group of Chinese financial institutions, the latest fundraising by the sultanate which has borrowed over $10 billion this year to replenish coffers hit hard by lower oil prices. Oman signed the senior unsecured term loan, with a five-year maturity, on July 11, the finance ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Trukkin Middle East has launched its new cloud-based B2B platform that unites customers with shippers and truckers in the Middle East region to create new business opportunities and deliver streamline logistics solutions. The startup was the brainchild of entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and was co-founded by Ahmed Al Nafie and Janardan Dalmia. Trukkin ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has announced its on-demand connectivity service. It is the first in the world to demonstrate full compliance with the stringent security requirements of the GSMA’s Security Accreditation Scheme for embedded SIM (eSIM) remote provisioning. As a result, OEMs, mobile operators and service providers worldwide can be assured that Gemalto ...