THE COMPANY: Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, or Etisalat, is a leading multinational telecoms operator, with a presence in 17 countries spread across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. With such a wide presence, Etisalat now has access to a population of more than 800m. Etisalat’s international...
A significant proportion of the UAE’s Islamic financial services (IFS) sector is based in Abu Dhabi. Home to two of the three largest Islamic banks in the country, three of its most successful takaful (Islamic insurance) firms and a multitude of sharia-compliant investment funds, the emirate is also emerging as an important regional centre of...
Five major financial institutions dominate the Abu Dhabi banking sector, which has expanded significantly over the recent decades.
While it has been another challenging year for Abu Dhabi’s capital market, some developments in the fixed-income segment, new equities listings and a raft of regulations that promise to add more depth to the market have ensured that it was also an interesting one. Indeed, at just 12 years of age, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has travelled...
A measure of the success of Abu Dhabi’s Islamic banks is that both of them have managed to position themselves within the top three UAE sharia-compliant lenders in terms of assets: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) saw its total assets increase by some 45% between 2008 and 2011, to reach Dh74.3bn ($20.22bn); meanwhile, the market’s newcomer Al Hilal...
THE COMPANY: Aldar Properties is a real estate development, management and investment company with headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The establishment of Aldar Properties was approved in October 2004 by the Abu Dhabi Department of Planning and Economy, and the company’s incorporation was declared in...
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