June, 2018

• 25 June

  DFM distributes AED15.8bn of cash dividends in 2017

  DUBAI / WAM As part of its leading investor and issuer services, Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has successfully accomplished the cash dividend distribution for the financial year 2017. As much as AED15.8 billion been disseminated to 466,482 investors. The number of listed companies that have outsourced the dividend distribution process to DFM increased from 35 companies during the previous year …

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• 25 June

  Abraaj sells Dubai campus to Amanat for $100mn

  

  Bloomberg Abraaj Group has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Middlesex University’s Dubai campus to Amanat Holdings PJSC for about $100 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. An initial agreement has been signed and the deal is yet to close, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Dubai-based Amanat would …

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• 25 June

  China, Europe warn trade war could trigger global recession

  

  Bloomberg China and the European Union vowed to oppose trade protectionism in an apparent rebuke to the US, saying unilateral actions risked pushing the world into a recession. Vice Premier Liu He — President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser — said China and the EU had agreed to defend the multilateral trading system, following talks on Monday in Beijing. The …

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• 25 June

  Future of big oil increasingly shaped by fate of global gas

  

  Bloomberg Big Oil’s fortunes are becoming tied more closely to natural gas than ever before. Majors including Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc have boosted their proportion of gas output in recent years, helping them trim Exxon Mobil Corp.’s lead as the world’s most valuable oil company. Meanwhile Chevron Corp. added two giant Australian liquefied natural gas projects and …

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• 25 June

  Angola in talks with majors to boost oil output by 2020

  

  Bloomberg Angola is targeting an increase of about 250,000 barrels a day in oil output by 2020 and is already in discussions with oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp. and Equinor ASA to achieve this, said Sonangol’s Chairman of the Board Carlos Saturnino. New energy legislation and more favourable investment terms have already spurred interest from international operators, including Chevron Corp. …

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• 25 June

  Congo may boost output by 65% this year

  

  Bloomberg The Republic of Congo expects to raise oil production by as much 65 percent this year as two new projects come on stream, Hydrocarbons Mi- nister Jean-Marc Thystere-Tchicaya said. Congo joined OPEC and plans to open up its oil industry, which the government says is dominated by Total SA and Eni SpA, to new investors. Sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest oil …

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• 25 June

  Trade tensions rattle US equities; crude gains

  

  Bloomberg US stocks slid to three-week lows as President Donald Trump’s threats of more trade protectionism against major partners were met with Chinese and European vows of retaliation, rattling global equities and sparking demand for the safety of bonds. The S&P 500 Index fell to the lowest since May, with technology shares leading declines on reports the US Treasury Department …

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• 25 June

  Pound still stuck in Brexit bog as more talks loom

  Bloomberg A boost from the Bank of England, spoilt in no time by Brexit gloom — this has been a recurring pattern for the pound of late. This week may be no exception. While a hawkish surprise out of Thursday’s BOE meeting — namely, Chief Economist Andy Haldane’s shift of stance in favour of raising interest rates — gave the …

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• 25 June

  State pension funds pull up KKR on role in Toys ‘R’ Us fate

  

  Bloomberg KKR & Co.’s leveraged buyout of Toys ‘R’ Us is coming under scrutiny by state pension funds that are questioning the private equity firm’s role in the bankruptcy of the world’s largest toy retailer. The Minnesota State Board of Investment decided to temporarily halt future commitments to KKR as it reviews the investment, while the Washington State Investment Board …

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• 25 June

  Chanel reveals its $46 billion fortune

  

  Bloomberg Chanel Ltd., known for No. 5 perfume, little black dresses and financial secrecy, opened its books for the first time to reveal almost $10 billion in sales last year — a level that rivals luxury leader Louis Vuitton. It also reveals a vastly larger fortune for the two brothers that own the luxury giant than prior estimates. Alain and …

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