DUBAI / WAM Deyaar on Saturday announced its preliminary unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2018, ending on March 31, 2018. Deyaar reported a year-on-year increase in revenues by nearly 25 percent to over AED176 million for the first quarter of 2018, compared to AED142 million last year. Deyaar reported a healthy rise in net profit by more ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has been awarded the ISO 27001 Certification, and is among few in the region to have been given this accolade. ISO 27001 is a globally recognised standard for “Information Security Management System” and provides the accreditation on SIB’s security practices to customers, regulators, partners and other stakeholders and ensures that SIB is aligned ...

SHANGHAI / WAM Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Shanghai Electric have signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract for the 700MW fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), said, “I am pleased to be here today (Saturday) in Shanghai ...