Company Insights Abu Dhabi Investment Office Banking & Finance Abu Dhabi Investment Office News Finance $5bn of trade on the table as Abu Dhabi and Israel grow ever closer A top level delegation of 10 Abu Dhabi entities has returned from Tel Aviv as experts predict bilateral trade between the UAE and Israel could reach $5 billion by 2025. Led by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), the delegation included Abu Dhabi Global Market, Abu Dhabi Residents Office, Hub71, Abu Dhabi IPO Fund, Masdar […] February 23, 2023 Aramco-backed Insilico opens new lab to ‘extend human life’ Insilico Medicine, the Hong Kong-based Aramco-backed health technology company, opened its eighth global laboratory this week at Abu Dhabi’s Masdar complex. The lab aims to support Middle East efforts to find new drugs that prolong human life. “My hope for the region is that it realises it can be a big player in drug discovery,” […] February 3, 2023 Analysis Korea prospects high as President Yoon courts GCC free trade deal Negotiations are continuing on a free trade deal with GCC countries which will make “enormous contributions” to expanding relations, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has said. “I hope that the Korea-GCC FTA will become a forward-looking agreement that contributes to our two countries’ joint endeavours of responding to new challenges including climate change, supply […] January 24, 2023 Di Caprio-backed fintech to set up offices in Abu Dhabi California-based fintech company Aspiration Inc. will be setting up offices at Abu Dhabi Global Market. Aspiration is supported by Access Abu Dhabi, the business expansion program by Maven Global Access and Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), which serves as a conduit to fast-track entry to the UAE capital, the company said in a statement. The […] January 20, 2023 Analysis Retail Ecommerce delivers the goods for region’s retailers A Dubai free zone has set up an ecommerce platform to help drive growth in the Mena market, as new data reveals 91 percent of regional consumers bought products online in the past year. One in five shoppers said they purchased more online in the past 12 months compared to the year before, with fashion […] January 20, 2023 Construction Top UAE university launches tender to house students Companies have been invited to bid for a new public private partnership tender to deliver the accommodation and associated facilities for 3,250 students in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), in collaboration with Khalifa University, launched the tender as part of a framework for expanding the role of the private sector in delivering […] January 11, 2023 Infrastructure French consortium given Abu Dhabi road lighting LED project A French consortium has been selected to deliver a public private partnership project in Abu Dhabi as the region continues to mature as a hub for PPPs. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), in collaboration with the Department of Municipalities and Transport, has selected EDF (Eléctricité de France) and Engie to deliver phase 2 of […] December 19, 2022 Analysis Construction Australian titan grows public-private partnerships in Gulf Plenary Group, the Australia-based investor, developer and manager of public infrastructure with assets under management worth more than $45 billion, is expanding its Middle East operations and has projects in the UAE and Bahrain in its sights. The company has opened its second office in the UAE, in Dubai, just months after launching in Abu […] December 13, 2022 Analysis Abu Dhabi’s ADIO signs up Israeli fintechs as bilateral trade rises Two Israeli companies have joined Abu Dhabi Investment Office’s $545 million Innovation Programme, with industry watchers predicting that many more will follow as ties strengthen between the country and the UAE. ADIO is working with fintech company Liquidity Group to establish an R&D centre in Abu Dhabi. The facility will develop Liquidity’s proprietary underwriting algorithm […] November 16, 2022 Logistics Noon to build UAE’s largest e-commerce fulfilment centre E-commerce platform Noon.com will build the UAE’s largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi as part of an anchor investment into the emirate’s fast-growing e-commerce space, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. The 252,000 square metres facility will be developed in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), fuelling the next phase of growth in […] November 11, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next
Finance $5bn of trade on the table as Abu Dhabi and Israel grow ever closer A top level delegation of 10 Abu Dhabi entities has returned from Tel Aviv as experts predict bilateral trade between the UAE and Israel could reach $5 billion by 2025. Led by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), the delegation included Abu Dhabi Global Market, Abu Dhabi Residents Office, Hub71, Abu Dhabi IPO Fund, Masdar […] February 23, 2023
Aramco-backed Insilico opens new lab to ‘extend human life’ Insilico Medicine, the Hong Kong-based Aramco-backed health technology company, opened its eighth global laboratory this week at Abu Dhabi’s Masdar complex. The lab aims to support Middle East efforts to find new drugs that prolong human life. “My hope for the region is that it realises it can be a big player in drug discovery,” […] February 3, 2023
Analysis Korea prospects high as President Yoon courts GCC free trade deal Negotiations are continuing on a free trade deal with GCC countries which will make “enormous contributions” to expanding relations, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has said. “I hope that the Korea-GCC FTA will become a forward-looking agreement that contributes to our two countries’ joint endeavours of responding to new challenges including climate change, supply […] January 24, 2023
Di Caprio-backed fintech to set up offices in Abu Dhabi California-based fintech company Aspiration Inc. will be setting up offices at Abu Dhabi Global Market. Aspiration is supported by Access Abu Dhabi, the business expansion program by Maven Global Access and Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), which serves as a conduit to fast-track entry to the UAE capital, the company said in a statement. The […] January 20, 2023
Analysis Retail Ecommerce delivers the goods for region’s retailers A Dubai free zone has set up an ecommerce platform to help drive growth in the Mena market, as new data reveals 91 percent of regional consumers bought products online in the past year. One in five shoppers said they purchased more online in the past 12 months compared to the year before, with fashion […] January 20, 2023
Construction Top UAE university launches tender to house students Companies have been invited to bid for a new public private partnership tender to deliver the accommodation and associated facilities for 3,250 students in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), in collaboration with Khalifa University, launched the tender as part of a framework for expanding the role of the private sector in delivering […] January 11, 2023
Infrastructure French consortium given Abu Dhabi road lighting LED project A French consortium has been selected to deliver a public private partnership project in Abu Dhabi as the region continues to mature as a hub for PPPs. The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), in collaboration with the Department of Municipalities and Transport, has selected EDF (Eléctricité de France) and Engie to deliver phase 2 of […] December 19, 2022
Analysis Construction Australian titan grows public-private partnerships in Gulf Plenary Group, the Australia-based investor, developer and manager of public infrastructure with assets under management worth more than $45 billion, is expanding its Middle East operations and has projects in the UAE and Bahrain in its sights. The company has opened its second office in the UAE, in Dubai, just months after launching in Abu […] December 13, 2022
Analysis Abu Dhabi’s ADIO signs up Israeli fintechs as bilateral trade rises Two Israeli companies have joined Abu Dhabi Investment Office’s $545 million Innovation Programme, with industry watchers predicting that many more will follow as ties strengthen between the country and the UAE. ADIO is working with fintech company Liquidity Group to establish an R&D centre in Abu Dhabi. The facility will develop Liquidity’s proprietary underwriting algorithm […] November 16, 2022
Logistics Noon to build UAE’s largest e-commerce fulfilment centre E-commerce platform Noon.com will build the UAE’s largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi as part of an anchor investment into the emirate’s fast-growing e-commerce space, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. The 252,000 square metres facility will be developed in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), fuelling the next phase of growth in […] November 11, 2022
