Bloomberg Global bank regulators have been toiling for a decade on capital rules intended to help prevent another financial crisis. Now they’re within touching distance of a final deal, with one main obstacle standing in their way: France. The U.S. and Europe have long been at loggerheads over measures to stop banks from gaming the capital rules known as Basel ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Total gross bond issuance in the GCC has already surpassed 2016’s total value in the first five months of this year, according to Fisch Asset Management, a global leader in convertible and corporate bond strategies. Current market conditions have created a favourable landscape for new bond issuances, with the GCC Sukuk market issuing up to USD ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Foreign investors’ buy value of shares in ADX amounted to around AED 2.282 billion during May, claiming 60.9 percent of the total value of traded stocks, with foreign sales for the same period valued at AED2.077 billion, accounting for 55.4 percent of total trading, resulting in a net foreign investment value of around AED204 million. As ...