September, 2016

• 20 September

  Deutsche Bank to offload risk by securitizing corporate loans

  

    Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG, which is trying to bolster its capital, is working to securitize billions of dollars of corporate loans to offload risk, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The bank is structuring the transaction as a synthetic collateralized loan obligation, which means the firm would keep servicing loans while transferring risk to investors, said ...

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• 20 September

  End of Iran sanctions signals tougher times for India’s UCO

  

    Bloomberg Many banks around the world are gearing up for new business with Iran after years of punishing sanctions were lifted in January. Not so the state-owned UCO Bank Ltd., which is forecasting lower profit after losing its privileged position as the only Indian bank involved in financing the country’s oil imports from the Middle Eastern nation. After sanctions ...

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• 20 September

  Trends in store at GITEX for the tech-savvy

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business With a finger on the pulse of the fast-paced consumer electronics industry, GITEX Shopper tracks top 10 trends for tech savvy consumers looking to update devices and tap into the latest developments in the industry. Visitors to the Middle East’s largest consumer IT and electronic show, which will take place from October 1-8 at ...

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• 20 September

  ‘Digital channels open prospects for remittance sector’

    Dubai / Emirates Business As much as 94% of the remittance industry remains brick and mortar, giving IMTOs (International Money Transfer Organisations) a tremendous opportunity to tap new audiences and deliver additional value to existing consumers through digital channels, says Xpress Money COO, Sudhesh Giriyan. Giriyan’s comments came during a high-powered panel discussion on e-banking and digital transformation at ...

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• 20 September

  Facility management market sees positive growth ahead in ME

    Dubai / Emirates Business A recent business confidence survey conducted by the British Institute of Facilities Management on the Middle East’s FM market forecasted a very positive growth, noting that 36 percent of participants intend to completely outsource their FM services, while 60 percent expect more outsourcing of FM operations in the future. Isnaad, a leader in soft FM ...

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• 20 September

  Seminar for FMCG brands on tackling challenges in the market

  

    Emirates Business “Product of the Year,” the world’s largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, organized a seminar for FMCG brands on overcoming the emerging challenges in the unfavorable market. The third edition of “POY talks” brought together a distinguished group of international speakers, consisted of four sessions that unfolded the methods to overcome the current economic challenges by optimizing ...

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• 20 September

  Tunisia water shortages spark ‘thirst uprising’ warning

  

    Beja / AFP Activists are warning of a potential “thirst uprising” in Tunisia following protests over severe water shortages after one of the North African nation’s driest summers on record. Residents in the interior are suffering long water supply cuts, reservoirs are running dry and farmers are seeing significant losses, adding to social tensions in a country still struggling ...

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• 20 September

  ‘Oil majors must count on acquisitions to replenish reserves’

  

    Bloomberg Major oil producers will rely on acquisitions for about half their reserve replacement in the future after cutting exploration budgets to weather the crude-price collapse, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd. Big oil companies are no longer trying to replace all their production through conventional exploration, the energy consulting company said in a report published on Tuesday. “Now their ...

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• 20 September

  Crude declines on speculations of global glut

  

    Bloomberg Oil declined on speculation a global glut will be sustained amid rising supply from Nigeria to the U.S. Futures fell 0.6 percent in New York after advancing 0.6 percent on Monday. Nigeria’s output expanded to 1.75 million barrels a day and will keep rising after government outreach and a cease-fire with militants allowed some production to restart, Minister ...

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• 20 September

  Saudi’s July oil exports reach record as local use eases

    Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s oil exports climbed in July to a record level for that month, as the kingdom curbed the amount of crude it burns to generate energy domestically, according to the Joint Oil Data Initiative. The world’s biggest oil producer raised shipments by 166,000 barrels a day to 7.622 million a day in July compared with the previous ...

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