Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates NBD Asset Management’s Emirates Real Estate Fund (‘EREF’ or the ‘Fund’) has won Sector Fund of the Year at the 2017 MENA FM Performance Awards for the second consecutive year. The MENA FM Performance Awards recognised funds and asset managers that have outperformed their peers over the 12 month period ending December 31, 2016. …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump blasted a refugee resettlement deal with Australia in a late-night tweet, throwing the fate of more than 1,000 displaced people and the U.S.’s relationship with a key ally into doubt. “Do you believe it? The Obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!,” Trump tweeted. The …

  BUCHAREST / AP Israel’s prime minister on Thursday vowed to establish a new West Bank settlement “as soon as possible,” promising to make up for the court-ordered demolition of an illegal settler outpost. Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement was his latest step to expand Israeli settlement construction in the wake of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Trump has signaled a far softer …