Bloomberg Investments in Japanese real estate investment trusts are now more attractive than traditional financial assets such as domestic stocks and bonds thanks to the Bank of Japan’s unprecedented monetary easing, according to a report by staff of the world’s largest pension fund. Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund employees concluded in the report released Sept. 10 that portfolio performance could ...

Dubai / WAM The value of exports and re-exports of Dubai Chamber members increased 21.8 percent year-over-year to reach AED147.3 billion in January-August 2021 period, supported by a rebound in trade activity in Dubai. The chamber pointed out that the exports and re-exports of its members recorded year-over-year growth of 43.9 percent, reaching AED21.4 billion in August. A total of ...

Dubai / WAM Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, held a meeting at the Ministry’s headquarters in Dubai with Betty Maina, Cabinet Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development. The meeting explored the prospects of economic and investment ...