Industry & Trade Saudi Arabia establishing $2.7 billion entertainment investment firm Yomna Yasser Sep 21, 2017 0 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is creating an entertainment investment company as the deeply conservative…
Tech news Mutual funds mark down investments in Uber by as much as 15% Yomna Yasser Aug 23, 2017 0 Four mutual fund companies have marked down their investments in Uber Technologies Inc by as much as 15 percent…
Industry & Trade Lebanese president signs public sector pay rise and tax hike laws Yomna Yasser Aug 22, 2017 0 Lebanese President Michel Aoun signed off on public sector wage increases and related tax hikes on Monday, the…
Financial Institutions Egypt looks for $4 billion up on international debt market Yomna Yasser Aug 17, 2017 0 Egypt is planning to return to the international debt markets in January to raise as much as US$4 billion to fund…
Financial Institutions Sawiris’ Beltone Financial targets $1bn fixed income fund in Sept. Yomna Yasser Aug 14, 2017 0 Egypt's Beltone Financial, a unit of billionaire businessman Naguib Sawiris's OTMT, will launch a $1 billion…
Real Estate Egypt’s ISDF signs new deal for Halayeb, Shalateen slums nada nasser Jul 22, 2017 0 Egypt’s Informal Settlements Development Fund (ISDF) signed Thursday new agreements worth 900 million Egyptian…
Banks EFG Hermes wins mandate to run Ahli United Bank Egypt’s funds Yomna Yasser Jul 2, 2017 0 Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes announced Sunday it has won mandates to manage two funds for the Ahli United…
MENA News Israel’s Mossad establishes fund to acquire new spy techniques Mennatullah Hamzawy Jun 29, 2017 0 Israel's Mossad intelligence agency has set up an investment fund to help development of new cloak-and-dagger…
Tech news Apple to create $1 billion U.S. advanced manufacturing fund Yomna Yasser May 4, 2017 0 Apple Inc plans to create a $1 billion fund to invest in U.S. companies that perform advanced manufacturing, Chief…
MENA News Saudi Arabia to award licences to 15 U.S. firms in May: officials nada nasser Apr 22, 2017 0 Saudi Arabia plans next month to award licences to at least 15 U.S. companies to operate in the kingdom, two Saudi…