Company Insights Emirates NBD Banking & Finance Emirates NBD News Banking & Finance Emirates NBD wins first UAE green bond fee waiver Emirates NBD has become the first financial institution to benefit from a fee waiver intended to boost sustainability-related debt security issuances in the UAE. The Dubai Financial Services Authority, which announced the green bond fee waiver during the Cop28 summit last year, said more financial institutions were submitting applications to benefit from the scheme. However, […] February 15, 2024 Markets Emirates NBD tops Gulf dividend yield rankings Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest bank, has so far topped the Gulf list of dividend yield pay-outs awarded to shareholders in 2023, Refinitiv data shows. The government-controlled lender, whose shares are up 27 percent in the past 12 months, provides a dividend yield of 6.9 percent based on its closing stock price of February 8. The […] February 9, 2024 Real Estate Dubai real estate ‘hot’ but no bubble fears, say experts Dubai’s real estate market is running “a bit hot”, but it is not heading towards a bubble or another catastrophic crash, experts say. Residential sales prices in the emirate increased 20 percent in 2023, while city-wide rents grew 9 percent higher, according to the latest research from Cushman & Wakefield Core. Although Dubai remains more […] February 6, 2024 Employment Dubai’s $136m boost to drive global growth of SMEs Dubai has allocated AED500 million ($136.13 million) to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with ambitions to scale up globally. The initiative was launched in partnership with Emirates NBD, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported. The Dubai international growth initiative will support the global expansion of SMEs founded in the emirate, Dubai Crown Prince […] January 29, 2024 Finance Emirates NBD 2023 profit rises 65% to $5.9bn Emirates NBD, the biggest bank by assets in Dubai, said net profit rose 65 percent in 2023 thanks to asset growth, a stable low-cost funding base, and higher transaction volumes boosting overall income. Earnings jumped to AED21.5 billion ($5.85 billion) from AED13 billion a year ago. Total income rose 32 percent to AED 43 billion […] January 25, 2024 Opinion Media & Advertising The fight for authenticity will keep ad-land busy Mena advertising agencies must master the tricky topic of green credibility January 15, 2024 Banking & Finance Bahrain Steel lands $450m loan for green transition Bahrain Steel, a supplier of high-grade iron ore pellets, has secured a $450 million sustainability-linked loan from a consortium of regional banks as part of its carbon footprint reduction drive. The loan will be used to build the world’s largest stockyard shed with rooftop solar panels, in addition to meeting working capital requirements, Dubai-headquartered lender […] January 9, 2024 Finance Market cap of top 16 UAE-listed companies hit $591bln The aggregate market capitalisation of the top 16 national companies listed on UAE exchanges reached AED2.71 trillion ($590.83) as of January 2024. This figure is anticipated to grow significantly to AED 6 trillion in the coming years, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported, citing official market data. The top 16 listed companies accounted for […] January 7, 2024 Real Estate Arada’s $163m land plot to house 50-floor residential tower UAE-based real estate developer Arada will build a 50-storey luxury residential tower adjacent to Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The company purchased a land plot in Zabeel 2 for AED600 million ($163.36 million) from Rital Properties, the real estate subsidiary of Emirates NBD. The 138,466 sq ft land plot is close to Index Tower and […] January 3, 2024 Analysis Banking & Finance New certification to swell sharia-compliant funds A London-based fund manager hopes a pioneering Islamic finance certification can boost sharia-compliant equity investments worldwide and help ensure Muslim clients’ wealth is deployed to meet both their religious ideals and benefit society. Most sharia-compliant equity funds focus on excluding haram industries such as alcohol, tobacco, weapons, pork and gambling. Yet such a methodology has […] December 12, 2023 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 7 8 9 … 19 Next
Banking & Finance Emirates NBD wins first UAE green bond fee waiver Emirates NBD has become the first financial institution to benefit from a fee waiver intended to boost sustainability-related debt security issuances in the UAE. The Dubai Financial Services Authority, which announced the green bond fee waiver during the Cop28 summit last year, said more financial institutions were submitting applications to benefit from the scheme. However, […] February 15, 2024
Markets Emirates NBD tops Gulf dividend yield rankings Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest bank, has so far topped the Gulf list of dividend yield pay-outs awarded to shareholders in 2023, Refinitiv data shows. The government-controlled lender, whose shares are up 27 percent in the past 12 months, provides a dividend yield of 6.9 percent based on its closing stock price of February 8. The […] February 9, 2024
Real Estate Dubai real estate ‘hot’ but no bubble fears, say experts Dubai’s real estate market is running “a bit hot”, but it is not heading towards a bubble or another catastrophic crash, experts say. Residential sales prices in the emirate increased 20 percent in 2023, while city-wide rents grew 9 percent higher, according to the latest research from Cushman & Wakefield Core. Although Dubai remains more […] February 6, 2024
Employment Dubai’s $136m boost to drive global growth of SMEs Dubai has allocated AED500 million ($136.13 million) to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with ambitions to scale up globally. The initiative was launched in partnership with Emirates NBD, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported. The Dubai international growth initiative will support the global expansion of SMEs founded in the emirate, Dubai Crown Prince […] January 29, 2024
Finance Emirates NBD 2023 profit rises 65% to $5.9bn Emirates NBD, the biggest bank by assets in Dubai, said net profit rose 65 percent in 2023 thanks to asset growth, a stable low-cost funding base, and higher transaction volumes boosting overall income. Earnings jumped to AED21.5 billion ($5.85 billion) from AED13 billion a year ago. Total income rose 32 percent to AED 43 billion […] January 25, 2024
Opinion Media & Advertising The fight for authenticity will keep ad-land busy Mena advertising agencies must master the tricky topic of green credibility January 15, 2024
Banking & Finance Bahrain Steel lands $450m loan for green transition Bahrain Steel, a supplier of high-grade iron ore pellets, has secured a $450 million sustainability-linked loan from a consortium of regional banks as part of its carbon footprint reduction drive. The loan will be used to build the world’s largest stockyard shed with rooftop solar panels, in addition to meeting working capital requirements, Dubai-headquartered lender […] January 9, 2024
Finance Market cap of top 16 UAE-listed companies hit $591bln The aggregate market capitalisation of the top 16 national companies listed on UAE exchanges reached AED2.71 trillion ($590.83) as of January 2024. This figure is anticipated to grow significantly to AED 6 trillion in the coming years, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported, citing official market data. The top 16 listed companies accounted for […] January 7, 2024
Real Estate Arada’s $163m land plot to house 50-floor residential tower UAE-based real estate developer Arada will build a 50-storey luxury residential tower adjacent to Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The company purchased a land plot in Zabeel 2 for AED600 million ($163.36 million) from Rital Properties, the real estate subsidiary of Emirates NBD. The 138,466 sq ft land plot is close to Index Tower and […] January 3, 2024
Analysis Banking & Finance New certification to swell sharia-compliant funds A London-based fund manager hopes a pioneering Islamic finance certification can boost sharia-compliant equity investments worldwide and help ensure Muslim clients’ wealth is deployed to meet both their religious ideals and benefit society. Most sharia-compliant equity funds focus on excluding haram industries such as alcohol, tobacco, weapons, pork and gambling. Yet such a methodology has […] December 12, 2023
