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Salik is an automated toll system that was introduced to the UAE in 2007

Salik’s $1bn IPO target ‘easily achievable’ after stake boost

Dubai toll gate operator Salik’s decision to increase the number of shares offered in its initial public offering will yield lower stock price volatility, and the $1 billion the government aims to raise “seems easily achievable”, analysts have predicted. Salik Company announced on Friday that it has increased the size of the stake it is […]

DEWA shareholders set to vote on $844m dividend

Dubai-listed Dubai Electricity and Water Authority PJSC (DEWA) shareholders will vote on the board’s recommendation for a cash dividend of AED 3.1 billion ($843.97 million) for the first half of 2022, WAM, the UAE state news agency, reported. The proposed dividend will be paid to eligible shareholders in October.  The assembly, which will be held […]

Toll usage revenue represented 87% of Salik's total revenue of AED2.1 billion last year

Salik confirms Dubai listing, retail offering starts this month

Salik Company, Dubai’s toll gate operator, announced its intention to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). A total of 1.5 billion shares, each with a nominal value of AED 0.01, will be offered, representing 20 percent of Salik’s total issued share capital, WAM, the UAE state news agency, […]

Motor insurance stalls despite UAE premium growth

UAE listed insurance companies reported that the value of premiums rose 7.64 percent year-on-year to AED15.676 billion ($4.27 billion) in the first half of 2022, but industry experts said the motor segment continues to struggle. A total of 13 insurers listed on the Dubai Financial Market accounted for 56.1 percent of the total premiums of […]

Abu Dhabi bourse tops Arab region in market value increase

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) was the top Arab financial market in terms of performance last week, as the index surged by 3.6 percent and its market value by 3.03 percent, according to the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). In its weekly bulletin on Arab capital markets’ performance, the AMF noted that the market value […]

Drake & Scull's trading ceased in November 2018 when the company disclosed losses exceeded 75 percent of its capital

Foreigners invest $4.2bn in UAE stocks since start of 2022

The net investments of non-Arab foreigners in UAE stocks rose to over AED 15.54 billion ($4.22 billion) since the start of 2022, UAE state-owned news agency WAM reported. According to Abu Dhabi and Dubai financial markets, non-Arab foreign investors purchased local stocks worth AED 70.276 billion from the beginning of 2022 to the end of […]

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Dubai developer Emaar’s Q2 profit doubles on higher revenue

Emaar Properties, Dubai’s largest developer, reported a net profit of AED 2.06 billion ($560 million) for the second quarter of 2022, up 128 percent year-on-year, as revenues rose amid new visa regulations and a growing economy. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) jumped 53 percent year-on-year to AED 2.93 billion in the three-month […]

Dubai utility DEWA’s Q2 profit up 37% on growing energy demand

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported a net profit of AED 2.61 billion ($707.9 million), up 37 percent year-on-year, in the second quarter of 2022 on higher energy demand. Revenue rose 14 percent year-on-year to AED 7.01 billion during the three month period ended June 30, 2022. The utility provider’s first half of 2022 […]

The Aramco IPO raised $30 billion and industry observers believe now is the right time for a second listing that could raise a further $10 billion

UAE and Saudi ‘bright spots’ in challenging global IPO market

The UAE and Saudi Arabia bucked the global downturn in initial public offering (IPO) activity in the first half of 2022. According to the EY MENA IPO Eye report, both countries – and the wider MENA region – remain a “bright spot in a challenging market”. It witnessed a 500 percent year-on-year increase in the […]

Dubai’s DEWA to invest over $10bn as energy demand rises

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plans to invest 40 billion dirhams ($10.89 billion) on capital expenditure over the next few years, just a day after it announced energy demand in the emirate rose by 6.3 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2022. The firm provides electricity and water services to 3.5 million people […]