Company Insights Mashreq Banking & Finance Mashreq News Construction Off-plan sales set to drive future of Emirates property market Off-plan real estate sales are expected to increasingly satisfy demand from investors in the UAE in the future as developers sell out of inventory. Construction efforts are likely to centre on completing existing projects and masterplans for the next two to three years, while major new launches are set to decrease until the middle of […] February 3, 2023 Banking & Finance Mashreq profit up 270% to $1bn in 2022 on income growth Dubai-listed lender Mashreq reported a net profit of AED3.7 billion ($1 billion) for 2022, a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 270 percent. Operating profit reached AED4.4 billion, rising 39.2 percent YoY, on healthy operating income growth, the bank said in a statement. Net profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 surged to AED1.126 billion from AED737 […] January 31, 2023 Banking & Finance UAE’s Mashreq obtains digital banking license in Pakistan UAE’s Mashreq has acquired a digital banking license under the digital regulatory framework issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the bank said in a statement. Ahmed Abdelaal, group CEO, Mashreq, said the move will act as a catalyst in leading the evolution of digital finance and the wider digital economy in Pakistan through […] January 17, 2023 Analysis Tourism Ras Al Khaimah tourism to take off as global investors see promise Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is learning lessons from the tourism success story of Dubai and financiers are closely watching the market and are keen to support it, according to a senior banker. “I fully expect the growth in Ras Al Khaimah to explode in the coming years,” said Cyril Lincoln, executive vice president, global head […] December 29, 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 Banking & Finance Fintech competition means UAE banks must change to survive The banking sector in the UAE could grow faster than the nation’s economy but competition from fintechs poses a threat to the survival of banks unless they restructure their operating models, according to a senior industry official. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, chairman of the UAE Banks Federation, warned that banks will have to change the […] November 15, 2022 Analysis Construction Private sector urged to step up to build homes, schools and clinics The GCC’s private sector should carve itself a bigger role in infrastructure delivery, according to Cyril Lincoln, executive vice president and global head of real estate, finance and advisory at Dubai-based Mashreq Bank. There is plenty of work to go around: the region has more than $121 billion of so-called social infrastructure projects planned or […] November 7, 2022 Analysis Banking & Finance Arab banks shun Russian Mir payments system after pressure Along with losing ground on the battlefield in recent weeks, Moscow’s foothold in the Arab world’s financial system has also hit setbacks. Turkey’s finance minister Nureddin Nebati last Thursday announced that three state banks – Vakifbank, Ziraat Bank and Halkbank – had suspended the use of the Russian Mir payment system which is the country’s […] October 3, 2022 Construction Nakheel sold 29 homes on stalled Palm Jebel Ali, official data shows Palm Jebel Ali, the Dubai mega project set to be relaunched soon by developer Nakheel, sold a total of 29 homes before work on the project was halted in 2009. State-owned developer Nakheel has confirmed it was set to relaunch the manmade, palm-shaped, island project, which is said to be one-and-a-half times the size of […] September 28, 2022 EXCLUSIVE Construction Nakheel confirms relaunch of Palm Jebel Ali Dubai state-owned developer Nakheel has confirmed it is planning to relaunch the Palm Jebel Ali master project, as it looked to take advantage of record demand for real estate in the emirate. Palm Jebel Ali is one of a series of manmade, palm-shaped island projects off the coast of Dubai. Launched in 2002, it stalled […] September 28, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 5 6 7 Next
Construction Off-plan sales set to drive future of Emirates property market Off-plan real estate sales are expected to increasingly satisfy demand from investors in the UAE in the future as developers sell out of inventory. Construction efforts are likely to centre on completing existing projects and masterplans for the next two to three years, while major new launches are set to decrease until the middle of […] February 3, 2023
Banking & Finance Mashreq profit up 270% to $1bn in 2022 on income growth Dubai-listed lender Mashreq reported a net profit of AED3.7 billion ($1 billion) for 2022, a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 270 percent. Operating profit reached AED4.4 billion, rising 39.2 percent YoY, on healthy operating income growth, the bank said in a statement. Net profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 surged to AED1.126 billion from AED737 […] January 31, 2023
Banking & Finance UAE’s Mashreq obtains digital banking license in Pakistan UAE’s Mashreq has acquired a digital banking license under the digital regulatory framework issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the bank said in a statement. Ahmed Abdelaal, group CEO, Mashreq, said the move will act as a catalyst in leading the evolution of digital finance and the wider digital economy in Pakistan through […] January 17, 2023
Analysis Tourism Ras Al Khaimah tourism to take off as global investors see promise Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is learning lessons from the tourism success story of Dubai and financiers are closely watching the market and are keen to support it, according to a senior banker. “I fully expect the growth in Ras Al Khaimah to explode in the coming years,” said Cyril Lincoln, executive vice president, global head […] December 29, 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 Banking & Finance Fintech competition means UAE banks must change to survive The banking sector in the UAE could grow faster than the nation’s economy but competition from fintechs poses a threat to the survival of banks unless they restructure their operating models, according to a senior industry official. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, chairman of the UAE Banks Federation, warned that banks will have to change the […] November 15, 2022
Analysis Construction Private sector urged to step up to build homes, schools and clinics The GCC’s private sector should carve itself a bigger role in infrastructure delivery, according to Cyril Lincoln, executive vice president and global head of real estate, finance and advisory at Dubai-based Mashreq Bank. There is plenty of work to go around: the region has more than $121 billion of so-called social infrastructure projects planned or […] November 7, 2022
Analysis Banking & Finance Arab banks shun Russian Mir payments system after pressure Along with losing ground on the battlefield in recent weeks, Moscow’s foothold in the Arab world’s financial system has also hit setbacks. Turkey’s finance minister Nureddin Nebati last Thursday announced that three state banks – Vakifbank, Ziraat Bank and Halkbank – had suspended the use of the Russian Mir payment system which is the country’s […] October 3, 2022
Construction Nakheel sold 29 homes on stalled Palm Jebel Ali, official data shows Palm Jebel Ali, the Dubai mega project set to be relaunched soon by developer Nakheel, sold a total of 29 homes before work on the project was halted in 2009. State-owned developer Nakheel has confirmed it was set to relaunch the manmade, palm-shaped, island project, which is said to be one-and-a-half times the size of […] September 28, 2022
EXCLUSIVE Construction Nakheel confirms relaunch of Palm Jebel Ali Dubai state-owned developer Nakheel has confirmed it is planning to relaunch the Palm Jebel Ali master project, as it looked to take advantage of record demand for real estate in the emirate. Palm Jebel Ali is one of a series of manmade, palm-shaped island projects off the coast of Dubai. Launched in 2002, it stalled […] September 28, 2022
