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Kuwaiti chief focuses on long-term opportunities
KIA head defends sovereign funds
Principal content
Israel seeks to become finance hub
With the country’s capital market already largely liberalised thanks to reforms dating back to 2003, the government has set its sights on a far more ambitious goal
US threatens UK-Saudi defence deal
Debate over deal to supply Typhoon fighter jets
DIC links with First Eastern in fund drive
Aim is to tap China and Middle East ties
Gulf states tighten ties with China
Beijing expected to seek energy reassurance
Al Inma launches $2.8bn flotation
Oil price assists largest-ever Saudi IPO
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Analysis
High debt risks leaving Dubai up the creek
The oil-poor emirate has borrowed its way to world scale at the cost of financial clarity and may be forced to rein back its ambitions
Middle East must loosen ties to the dollar
The region should shift from the dollar peg to managing exchange rates against a basket of currencies, writes Gerard Lyons
FT Interviews
Transcript of interview with Ali Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister
A transcript of the highlights of the Financial Times interview with Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ali Naimi, conducted in Riyadh on November 12.
Special Reports
Dubai Airshow
Video: Kevin Done, the FT’s aerospace correspondent, overviews the Dubai Airshow - booming orders, ambitious plans and the biggest private jet.
Qatar
News and analysis: Burgeoning gas revenues push Emirate on to global stage, but inflation is a risk in what is due to become the wealthiest country in the world
Islamic Finance
News and analysis: A bitter struggle has broken out among international competing banks as big names are piling into the sector despite the strict norms imposed
