October, 2017

• 17 October

  Expo 2020 Dubai launches search for more than 30,000 volunteers

  DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai this week launches its search for more than 30,000 volunteers who will be the ‘face’ of the largest global gathering ever to be staged in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Expo 2020 promises to be a transformative and lasting landmark in the history of the UAE, as well as the wider region. ...

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• 17 October

  ADX launches technical short selling service

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Tuesday announced the launch of its latest investment service ‘Technical Short Selling’ (TSS), an addition to the existing suite of services and products provided by ADX to investors through brokerage firms. The launch of this new service falls in line with ADX’s strategy to increase liquidity levels as well as ...

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• 17 October

  MoE highlights UAE investment opportunities in Japan tour

  JAPAN / WAM Round one of a tour promoting investment in the UAE has kicked off in Japan, with the participation and organisation of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. During the tour, which visited the Japanese cities of Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo between October 11 and 13, UAE delegation, which was represented by UAE Embassy in ...

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• 17 October

  Non-OPEC producers look to Abu Dhabi for new business

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Leading companies from the largest oil producing region outside OPEC, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be increasing their presence at this year’s Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) targeting the event as a hub for global deal-makers. Two of Russia’s biggest oil and gas companies, Lukoil and Gazprom, have each confirmed substantial ...

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• 17 October

  China offers to buy 5% of Saudi Aramco directly

  

  DUBAI / LONDON / Reuters China is offering to buy up to 5 percent of Saudi Aramco directly, sources said, a move that could give Saudi Arabia the flexibility to consider various options for its plan to float the world’s biggest oil producer on the stock market. Chinese state-owned oil companies PetroChina and Sinopec have written to Saudi Aramco in ...

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• 17 October

  Algeria aims to amend energy law to attract more investors

  

  ALGIERS / Reuters Algeria aims to amend its energy law in 2018 as it plans to improve contract terms to attract needed foreign investment, authorities said, giving the first timeline for a much-anticipated move. OPEC member and gas supplier Algeria relies heavily on energy revenues to balance state finances, which have been hit significantly by a drop in global oil ...

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• 17 October

  Tunisia to raise taxes, lay off 3,000 public sector workers in 2018

  TUNIS / Reuters Tunisia will raise VAT and other taxes and lay off about 3,000 public sector workers next year in a bid to cut the budget deficit, an economic adviser to the prime minister said. Tunisia will also seek to raise 7.4 billion Tunisian dinars ($3 billion) from foreign loans including 1.4 billion dinars from the sale of bonds, ...

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• 17 October

  Kurds and Kirkuk oil conundrum

  

  Bloomberg The latest battle for Iraq’s future is unfolding around the country’s oldest oil field. Federal government troops pushed back forces from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region with a rapid thrust into Kirkuk province in northern Iraq, breaking a stand-off over the long-disputed area. Baghdad wants to reassert control of the area’s oil deposits from Kurdish fighters, who seized the territory ...

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• 17 October

  Egypt plans to extend $2bn financing deal for a year

  Bloomberg Egypt plans to renew a $2 billion financing deal with international banks while also developing alternative sources of funding such as issuing dollar-denominated Eurobonds, Finance Minister Amr El-Garhy said. The repurchase transaction, which international banks offered to increase to $5 billion upon its extension, will remain unchanged in size and probably in duration, El-Garhy said, adding the final details ...

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• 17 October

  Hong Kong IPOs head for worst year as megadeals delay

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s market for initial public offerings is heading for its worst year since 2012 as a combined $20 billion of megadeals are being pushed to next year. State-owned China Tower Corp. was slated to be one of this year’s biggest deals, with a fundraising goal of as much as $10 billion, according to people with knowledge of the ...

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