How will the expansion of DFM’s sharia-compliant standards impact the growth of Islamic finance?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Essa Kazim, Chairman, Dubai Financial Market (DFM): Interview from The Report: Dubai 2018
Articles & Analysis | Awaiting developments: The sector continues to innovate, but external factors could affect further advancement from The Report: Dubai 2018
Dubai is home to a domestic stock exchange, an international market with one of the largest concentration of sukuk (Islamic bonds) in the world, as well as equity futures and three derivatives platform operators: the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) and Nasdaq Dubai. The emirate continues to attract...
Articles & Analysis | Dubai in figures: from The Report: Dubai 2018
Dubai saw steady GDP growth of 3.2% in 2017 and is expected to reach 3.5% in 2018, with an increased drive towards consolidating its position as a knowledge-based economy. The emirate is among the most diversified in the region, thanks to factors such as a highly attractive business environment that has brought in large amounts of foreign investment...
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Dubai 2018
Dubai is home to a domestic stock exchange, an international market with one of the largest concentration of sukuk (Islamic bonds) in the world, as well as equity futures and three derivatives platform operators: the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, Dubai Mercantile Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai. The emirate continues to attract major international sukuk listings and all of its exchanges are...
Analysts expect consumers in Dubai to take a more cautious approach to spending after the implementation of the new value-added tax (VAT) on January 1.
Articles & Analysis | Dubai property funds becoming popular real estate investment vehicles from The Report: Dubai 2018
Direct participation in Dubai’s large and very active commercial real estate market has long been a challenge for international investors operating in the emirate. Non-UAE nationals are allowed to own or hold property only within the confines of one of a growing number of free zones in the emirate, and then primarily only residential real...