Bloomberg The internationalisation of the yuan has happened “earlier than expected,” but China should be keeping a low profile and not push it aggressively, former central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said. The loss of trust in the dollar after the global financial crisis and other external events were factors increasing the use of the currency internationally, and China cannot force …

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Eshraq Properties, the Abu Dhabi based real estate company listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), reports a net profit of AED14.8 million for the first half of 2018 versus a net loss of AED0.32 million for the same period last year. The results are the best half-yearly results for the company since the first …

Bloomberg UK house prices fell for a fifth month in a row in July, the longest stretch of declines since the financial crisis. Values fell 0.2 percent from June, bringing the average price for a home to $386,000, Acadata said in a report. London remains a “mixed picture,” with the number of sales in the second quarter falling by 7 …