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This article was first published in Islamic Finance news Volume 15 Issue 18 dated the 1st May 2018. The sukuk segment of the Islamic financial industry, witnessed a lot of activity in 2017. There was a global sale of nearly USD...

Bahrain, with the launch of dedicated FinTech Hub in Feb 2018 (Zawya), become the second country in the MENA region to have exclusive FinTech infrastructure followed by UAE. UAE is considered to be the leading hub for FinTech in the...

This Article was originally published in AMEinfo. ‘Index inclusion’ is perceived as a landmark event in the capital market history and the recent news of  Kuwait upgrade to FTSE Emerging Market (EM) Index & possible inclusion of Saudi Arabia into...

Global demand for electric vehicles is expected to surge during the next few decades. The market was valued at almost USD 103bn in 2015 and expected to be close to USD 400bn by 2024. Sales are growing exponentially and have...

The fears of a trade war were looming large ever since Donald Trump took charge as the U.S president. In an attempt to revive domestic industries, the U.S president has decided to levy charges on imports of steel and aluminum,...

The GCC SWFs are bestowed with the responsibility to preserve and grow the national wealth for the future generations and simultaneously, facilitate social development, economic diversification and enhancement of the domestic infrastructure. Based on these objectives the SWFs have been...

The residents of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who had long enjoyed a tax-free existence, were finally subject to a Value Added Tax of 5% on goods and services, from Jan 1st 2018. The introduction of VAT, which is seen...

The transport industry is on the cusp of another major breakthrough as Autonomous vehicles are expected not only to revolutionize the way we travel, but also the way we live. Billions of dollars have already been invested in pioneering the...

The Arab nations have been under the limelight ever since Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Morocco qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2018, the first time in history where four teams from the region will be competing in the global...

As part of the gaming sector study in the GCC region we were able to find out some prominent trends in the GCC region that we have chronicled below. Some of the trends were not quite obvious before venturing into...