ABU DHABI / WAM The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) announced the successful placement to institutional investors of a 30-year senior unsecured Formosa Bond, for a total nominal amount of US$885 million. The transaction follows NBAD’s inaugural US$696 million public Formosa Bond in October last year, the first 30 year Formosa Bond from the MENA region, which brings ...

  AJMAN / WAM The executive team of the Ajman Electronic Government discussed on Monday the progress in Ajman’s Digital Transformation Plan 2017-2022 and the mechanisms and initiatives to implement the plan in various operational sectors in the emirate. The team also reviewed the first 100-day plan of action, which aims to transform 30 top-priority services into e-services in sync ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) briefed a Kazakh delegation on Dubai’s leading position as a dynamic capital markets hub as well as DFM’s active role in further strengthening this position. This came up during the visit of a delegation from Kazakhstan’s Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) to DFM, where the parties explored potential areas of cooperation. Headed ...