DUBAI / WAM The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) listed a $1.25 billion Sukuk on Thursday on Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international financial exchange. It is the seventh Sukuk listing on the exchange by the IDB, making it the largest Sukuk issuer on Nasdaq Dubai at 8.55 billion US dollars. Altogether, Nasdaq Dubai has 56 Sukuk listings totalling US$43.96 billion, …

  DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED 2.5 billion worth of shares on Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED 2.4 billion over the week, DFM said on Thursday. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED 148.5 million, as aggregate buy. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 43.9 per cent of the total value of stocks …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in collaboration with the Arab Monetary Fund held a workshop on modern technologies applied to financial services, its impact on the banking sector, and the challenges faced by Arab regulatory authorities to establish a suitable environment to adopt these new technologies. The workshop was held in the presence of Younis …