How is the rapid turnaround in the corporate lending market and subsequent influx of competition expected to affect the sector’s profitability?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Peter Baltussen, CEO, Commercial Bank of Dubai from The Report: Dubai 2014
Articles & Analysis | New era: A status upgrade is set to boost investor sentiment and investment inflows from The Report: Dubai 2014
Driven by enhanced liquidity in the banking sector, rising property prices and an overall improvement in the domestic economy, Dubai’s capital markets began 2013 in full recovery mode. In June 2013 the UAE was finally upgraded from “frontier” to “emerging market” status by the global index compiler MSCI, after nearly five years of efforts to...
Articles & Analysis | Listing locally: Demand is growing among retail investors for IPOs from The Report: Dubai 2014
Despite the ample liquidity in the Gulf region, Dubai’s exchanges still lack diverse debt-financing tools for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and are in need of new listings from major national companies to boost trading volumes and broaden the institutional investor bases of bourses.
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Adnan Chilwan, CEO, Dubai Islamic Bank; Jamal Saeed bin Ghalaita, CEO, Emirates Islamic; and Hussain Al Qemzi, CEO, Noor Bank from The Report: Dubai 2014
How strongly held is the view in the industry that trade finance remains a largely untapped sector?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Gerald Hassell, Chairman and CEO, Bank of New York Mellon from The Report: Dubai 2014
Is the absence of institutional investors in Gulf bourses a serious impediment to market depth?
Though overcrowded, the UAE’s insurance market is underpenetrated by Western standards, and there is ample room for growth. Driven by an expanding expatriate population, the market is projected to grow 10% in 2014, and anticipated regulatory changes could further boost premium growth in the medium term. Most notably, a boost is expected to come from the introduction of mandatory medical coverage...