Bloomberg Etihad Airways has been awarded the Islamic Deal of the Year by Global Transport Finance for its debut Sukuk. The Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates successfully completed a Sukuk issuance raising US$1.5 billion in November 2016 – the largest ever in the aviation industry in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). The ...

  Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai will award 47 construction contracts worth AED11 billion (3.0 billion US$) in 2017 as preparations for the first World Expo in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia continue to gather pace. A further 98 non-construction contracts totalling more than AED 360 million (98 million USD) will also be distributed before the end of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Zayed Giving Initiative (ZGI) the UAE Societal Voluntary Programme, and Tadreeb National Training, Tadreeb, have signed an agreement to establish and manage the first specialised bank for volunteers. The bank will target volunteers across community categories to open electronic accounts, while compiling volunteers’ information and the available international and local volunteering opportunities. The agreement aims to ...