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Jump in lending and purchases reflects government push and drive to win support among youth
Number of businesses in region are considering blank-cheque company option despite it falling out of fashion elsewhere
Dewa’s monopoly status is one of its most attractive features
IPO of Dubai Electricity & Water Authority raises $6.1bn as emirate seeks to revive capital markets
Kingdom joins other Gulf states in assisting Cairo as prices for wheat, cooking oil and fuel soar following war in Ukraine
Beijing strengthens regional ties despite overall fall in Belt and Road investment
Resource-rich Gulf state seeks to diversify economy and adapt to international norms
Dubai regulators say Equitativa failed to take reasonable steps to report relevant information
City has come under pressure from regional powerhouses Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia
Border tariffs with the UAE and other GCC states viewed as part of efforts to woo companies to base themselves in kingdom
Unappealable order expected to return 26 cents in the dollar on $7.3bn of debt left when Ahab collapsed in 2009
New government pledges to reopen talks with bondholders after defaulting last year
£10bn commitment will make other investors ‘sit up and take notice’, says UK minister
Mubadala and arm of Ikea in talks to take stakes that would value UK ‘alt-net’ at about £2bn
Rating agency highlights legal uncertainty as issuance reaches new high
Rivalry has already blocked an Opec deal and stoked regional tensions
Public Investment Fund and Asian institution to back platform set up by Aberdeen and Investcorp
Mohammed bin Salman tries to accelerate efforts to diversify oil-dependent economy
More of country’s petrodollar wealth likely to be used to back Mohammed bin Salman’s grandiose plans
Public Investment Fund in push to have foreign groups set up operations in the kingdom
Stimulus packages have come from monetary policy channelled through commercial banks
Drop in receipts belies opportunities, bankers say
Pandemic and falling oil prices are piling the pressure on economies
Egypt’s finance minister Mohamed Maait points to economy’s relatively strong performance despite pandemic
Coronavirus and plunging oil prices may force new leader to turn to Gulf neighbours for help
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