ABU DHABI / WAM The German embassy in the UAE hosted its second edition of the Climate Talks titled “Road to COP28: Energy Transition in Germany and the UAE − Opportunities for Cooperation” at Khalifa University in the capital. Germany’s foreign missions are organising Climate Talks in different regions, bringing together stakeholders and important voices across different sectors, to raise …

BLOOMBERG  UBS Group AG expects to complete its acquisition of Credit Suisse Group AG as early as June 12, creating a new powerhouse in European banking and ending weeks of uncertainty for the lenders’ more than 100,000 employees. The closing of the deal is still subject to certain conditions, including some that UBS said it could waive, according to a …

BLOOMBERG  JPMorgan Chase & Co has tied up with six Indian banks to introduce a blockchain-based platform to settle interbank dollar transactions in the nation’s newest international financial hub. “We will be running a pilot project for the next few months as we need to analyse banks’ experience,” Kaustubh Kulkarni, senior country officer, India and vice chairman, Asia Pacific at …