World is waiting to see where the mutual admiration between President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will proceed to. Will this wooing translate into a long-term courtship? Trump called Putin smart guy. The Republican said, “if Putin likes me, it’s an asset.” Trump also initially out-rightly rejected the intelligence agencies’ findings about Russian hacking and called it …

  Dubai / WAM Middle Eastern investment banking fees reached US$820.8 million during 2016, an 18 per cent increase compared to fees recorded during 2015 and the highest annual fee total in the region since 2008, according to the annual investment banking analysis for the Middle East region, by leading business information provider Thomson Reuters. “Bolstered by Saudi Arabia’s $17.2 billion …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) participated in the Second Annual Under-Secretaries of Arab Ministries of Finance meeting which commenced in Abu Dhabi. The meeting, which was organised by the Arab Monetary Fund, AMF, in cooperation with the MoF, was attended by Younis Haji Al Khoori, Under-Secretary of MoF, and Khalid Ali Al Bustani, Assistant Under-Secretary for …