June, 2017

• 12 June

  Noor Bank scoops several accolades

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Noor Bank, a leading Shari’a-compliant bank in the UAE, on Monday announced that it has notched up several prestigious wins at the Banker Middle East Product Awards 2017 and at the Banker Middle East Industry Awards 2017, organised by CPI Financial’s renowned Banker Middle East magazine. Noor Bank won Best Corporate Account for its escrow account ...

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• 12 June

  Liberbank rebounds as regulators ban short sales

  

  Bloomberg Liberbank rebounded in Madrid trading after regulators prohibited short selling of the Spanish lender in the wake of a stock plunge last week. The shares jumped as much as 31 percent, the most since the bank’s 2013 debut, and were up 28 percent priced at 86.8 cents as of 10:06 a.m. The stock dropped 41 percent last week after ...

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• 12 June

  Bahrain banks ordered to freeze assets of Qatar-linked blacklist

  

  Dubai / Reuters Bahrain’s central bank ordered banks operating in the kingdom to freeze assets and bank accounts of the Qatar-linked 59 individuals and 12 entities that a group of Saudi-led Arab countries have accused of links to terrorism, the state news agency BNA reported in a statement. The move came after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain, who ...

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• 12 June

  France holds out as bank regulators drive for Basel overhaul

  

  Bloomberg Global bank regulators have been toiling for a decade on capital rules intended to help prevent another financial crisis. Now they’re within touching distance of a final deal, with one main obstacle standing in their way: France. The U.S. and Europe have long been at loggerheads over measures to stop banks from gaming the capital rules known as Basel ...

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• 11 June

  GCC bond issuance hits $22bn till May

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Total gross bond issuance in the GCC has already surpassed 2016’s total value in the first five months of this year, according to Fisch Asset Management, a global leader in convertible and corporate bond strategies. Current market conditions have created a favourable landscape for new bond issuances, with the GCC Sukuk market issuing up to USD ...

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• 11 June

  Foreigners buy AED2.28bn of shares on ADX

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Foreign investors’ buy value of shares in ADX amounted to around AED 2.282 billion during May, claiming 60.9 percent of the total value of traded stocks, with foreign sales for the same period valued at AED2.077 billion, accounting for 55.4 percent of total trading, resulting in a net foreign investment value of around AED204 million. As ...

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• 11 June

  AED2.1bn realty investment trust launched

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business FIVE Holdings, the Dubai-based real estate development and hospitality group previously known as SKAI Holdings, has launched a AED2.10bn (USD570m) real estate investment trust (REIT), the region’s first hospitality focused REIT and the largest to date. The REIT, to be regulated by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), will include ...

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• 11 June

  Business conditions in Dubai non-oil private sector improves

  Dubai / Emirates Business May data highlighted a robust improvement in the health of the non-oil private sector, with output and new orders expanding at a sharp rate. The respective rates of expansion eased since April. This was highlighted by the seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index — a composite indicator designed to give an accurate overview of ...

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• 11 June

  Emaar hires Goldman to manage Dubai IPO

  Bloomberg Emaar Properties PJSC hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to manage the sale of shares in its United Arab Emirates real estate development business in Dubai, Chairman Mohamed Alabbar said. The developer of the world’s tallest tower expects to complete the initial public offering by November with a size similar to its Emaar Malls PJSC offering, Alabbar said in an ...

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• 11 June

  Emirates Islamic to integrate blockchain tech into cheques

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, announced that it will introduce blockchain technology into its cheques as a fraud prevention measure. Termed ‘Cheque Chain’, Emirates Islamic is the first Islamic bank in UAE to undertake this initiative to enhance security in the popular payment method. Emirates Islamic will issue new ...

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