Latest News - Finance - United Arab Emirates

Major banks may be in a credit freeze but some boutique firms are taking advantage while the big players sit on the sidelines

Dubai based investment firm takes position in promising U.S. biotech industry companies pursuing cures for untreated ailments.

Dubai International Capital adds strategic partnership with KEF Holding to its portfolio of assets in emerging markets to support expansion drive

HE Yousef Hussain Kamal, the Minister of Finance & Economy of the State of Qatar will deliver the Keynote Address at the 3rd WIIFC which will be held on the 28th October 2008 at the Intercontinental Hotel Doha, Qatar.

Gold Coast's Young Entrepreneurs - Best of The Best Revealed. The Inaugural 2008 Gold Coast Business News Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award, has unearthed some of the Gold Coast's brightest business minds, one of whom is Dubai based Kane Black

QNB Al Islami, the Islamic branch of Qatar National Bank, announced its strategic partnership with the third Annual World Islamic Infrastructure Finance Conference (WIIFC) to be held in Doha on October 28, 2008 at the Intercontinental Hotel.

Dubai International Capital (DIC) has appointed David Smoot, a co-founding partner of Morgan Stanley Private Equity, as Managing Director of DIC private equity

• Proposal as a result of growing interest from Gulf countries looking at overseas agri-investments to bolster food security • Forecasts of a 30 – 40% p.a. return on investment from existing agri-investments •

The job site WiZeefa.com reaches 10,000 Dubai and Middle East job

ADIC Technology Group implemented a set of unconventional applications, serving front to back office departments, an innovation that was granted the Middle East CIO Top 20 Award for the year 2008.

Ernst & Young encourages a larger role for Sukuks in infrastructure projects underway or announced in the GCC

Sekurus International L.L.C, a leading Payment Protection and fleet Telematics products and services provider, today announced the launch of its SekurPay™ Car Rental Solutions into the auto-rental market throughout the UAE.

The first edition report details the influence of the developing economic landscape, increasing wealth and strengthening demand for Shari'a compliant investments on the industry.

International consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton has been announced as Gold Sponsor of the forthcoming Telecom Finance Middle East, Africa and India in Dubai.