Dubai / WAM Dubai Investments, the leading, diversified investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, has reported net profit of AED350 million for the quarter ending September 30th, 2017, an increase of 4.8 percent over the AED334 million achieved during the same quarter last year. The company’s net profit for the first nine months of 2017 was AED830 million, ...

Dubai / Reuters United Arab Emirates energy producer Dana Gas did not redeem some $700 million of its Islamic bonds when they matured on Tuesday as a dispute on the validity of the sukuk drags on in British and UAE courts, sources familiar with the matter said. Dana refuses to redeem its bonds because it claims changes in the interpretation ...

Dubai / Reuters Dubai-based Emirates REIT, a sharia-compliant real estate investment trust, plans to issue a debut Islamic bond of at least $300 million by the end of this year, said a source close to the company. The sukuk, to be denominated in US dollars, could potentially replace all of the company’s outstanding debt, said the source, who spoke on ...