Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), UAE’s leading international relations and diplomatic institution, concluded its global communications programme, ‘Your Journey in the UAE’, aimed at familiarising diplomats with the UAE to enable them to convey relevant and comprehensive information about the country to their fellow citizens, in addition to facilitating knowledge and experience-sharing. The five-day programme held in ...

Bloomberg US equity-index futures drifted alongside stocks in Europe on Wednesday while Asian shares were mixed as markets largely entered a holding pattern in the countdown to the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Treasuries reversed a small gain and the dollar erased a decline as growth data for the world’s largest economy beat expectations. Contracts on all three main American equity ...

Bloomberg Just when UK equities were starting to look good on receding Brexit uncertainty, a general election comes along that could make or break the market. After being long-time market pariahs, British stocks have been slowly gaining favour from both the buy and sell sides in recent weeks. An exchange-traded fund tracking UK mid-caps enjoyed record inflows, UBS Global Wealth ...