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Japan’s SMBC Nikko, officials charged with market manipulation

Bloomberg Tokyo prosecutors charged SMBC Nikko Securities Inc and five of its staff members with alleged stock market manipulation, as a trading scandal that’s rocked the nation’s financial industry escalated in the Japanese capital. The prosecutors indicted the brokerage arm of the nation’s second-biggest banking group and the five employees in relation to allegedly propping up the price of certain ...

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Hub71 leads AED1.5 billion funding for Abu Dhabi startups

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, on Wednesday announced that its startup community ramped up approximately AED 1.5 billion of investments since inception and secured AED 30 million in 2021 through over 20 corporate deals during the year. The aggregate valuation of Hub71 startups soared to AED 5.87 billion, with close to 1,000 jobs created ...

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‘Dubai Can’ campaign achieves far-reaching results

  DUBAI / WAM ‘Dubai Can’, the citywide sustainability movement launched by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, in February 2022, has generated significant results in line with World Water Day. One month since the launch of the campaign on February 15, the initiative has resulted in ...

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