BLOOMBERG Investors have added almost $600 million to bets that an emerging-market index dominated by Chinese stocks will lose money. Short selling of the $71 billion Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets exchange traded fund (ETF), which tracks an index heavy on Chinese A shares, surged in the past six weeks to $1.12 billion, or 1.6% of the fund, according to IHS …

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties has announced a series of achievements and strategic initiatives in its latest quarterly report. The company’s strong performance was driven by increased demand from both international and resident expat buyers, with record quarterly development sales of AED4.5 billion. Aldar’s development revenue backlog also hit an all-time high of AED18.8 billion, which provides visibility over …

DUBAI / WAM The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday hosted a hybrid event to launch the May 2023 Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for the Middle East and Central Asia region at the Dubai International Financial Centre. The IMF finds that despite global shocks, growth in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region was higher than expected last year. …