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H&M investor heads for exit as selloff tests crisis point

Bloomberg One of H&M’s largest shareholders has lost its patience. Skandia’s actively managed funds have spent the past months selling off most of its stake in Hennes & Mauritz AB after watching the fashion retailer struggle with weakening sales in its physical stores and intensifying online competition. The Swedish savings and insurance giant says there’s a raft of issues H&M ...

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$15bn worth of projects, funding recorded at WFES

Abu Dhabi / WAM More than $15 billion worth of projects and funding was announced at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and its co-located events, the International Water Summit and EcoWASTE Exhibition, which took place during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018, hosted by Masdar. The deals, which combined a number of local, regional and international agreements, strengthen the UAE’s ...

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2.5mn Chinese tourists to visit region by 2021

DUBAI / WAM A twenty-one percent increase in Chinese arrivals to the GCC is expected by 2021, rising to 2.5 million visitors annually, according to data released ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2018, which takes place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in April. Published by Colliers International, the data predicts Saudi will experience the highest proportionate increase in ...

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