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    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
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      Lebanon’s central bank chief in court to face money-laundering allegations

      Riad Salameh for the first time appears in front of European investigators probing the accusations

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      Iran’s top security official to visit UAE as regional relations thaw

      Trip by Ali Shamkhani follows China-brokered deal between the Islamic republic and Saudi Arabia

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
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      Sheikh Tahnoon named chair of $790bn Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund

      UAE founder’s son — who is both national security adviser and a prominent private sector figure — extends influence

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
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      The new Gulf sovereign wealth fund boom

      Companies are flocking to the Middle East to raise capital just as they did in 2008. But funds say they are being more strategic about investments

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
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      Saudi wealth fund targets $24bn investment in Arab states

      Kingdom’s sovereign fund to set up companies in Middle East and north Africa in attempt to shore up soft power

    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
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      Bonanza will bolster firepower of Gulf’s sovereign wealth funds

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
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      Egypt’s central bank governor resigns

      Official quits as Arab state struggles with foreign currency shortage and economic fallout of Ukraine conflict

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      Hedge funds look to expand in a region not laid low by inflation and the war in Ukraine

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      Jump in lending and purchases reflects government push and drive to win support among youth

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
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      Dewa’s monopoly status is one of its most attractive features

    • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
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      IPO of Dubai Electricity & Water Authority raises $6.1bn as emirate seeks to revive capital markets

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
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      Saudi Arabia sends $5bn to help Egypt’s economy

      Kingdom joins other Gulf states in assisting Cairo as prices for wheat, cooking oil and fuel soar following war in Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
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      China pours money into Iraq as US retreats from Middle East

      Beijing strengthens regional ties despite overall fall in Belt and Road investment

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
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      UAE to introduce corporate tax rate from 2023

      Resource-rich Gulf state seeks to diversify economy and adapt to international norms

    • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
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      Emirates Reit’s manager fined $210,000 for ‘misleading statements’

      Dubai regulators say Equitativa failed to take reasonable steps to report relevant information

    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
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      City has come under pressure from regional powerhouses Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia

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      Gulf tensions: Saudi Arabia flexes its economic muscles

      Border tariffs with the UAE and other GCC states viewed as part of efforts to woo companies to base themselves in kingdom

    • Monday, 4 October, 2021
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      Court ends Saudi Arabia’s longest-running debt dispute

      Unappealable order expected to return 26 cents in the dollar on $7.3bn of debt left when Ahab collapsed in 2009

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      New government pledges to reopen talks with bondholders after defaulting last year

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      Islamic bonds come under microscope after Garuda Indonesia default

      Rating agency highlights legal uncertainty as issuance reaches new high

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