Official data from Saudi Arabia shows that the private sector non-oil growth was stable in May, with the Purchasing Managers’ Index slightly decreasing to 56.4 from 57 in April...
The aforementioned will make it possible to forecast the future of Islamic Finance and direct it in a way that will support its goals of social sustainability and development...
Given that 51% of sustainable issuances in the Gulf region take the form of bonds, there is a strong expectation that they will benefit significantly from the heightened awareness being cultivated by COP28...
To expand industrial and green financing projects, participants also emphasized the importance of creating cooperation agreements with organizations that support and oversee sukuk...
Fitch Ratings observed that its forecast for UAE's DCM market is backed by the fact that banks are important debt investors and are demonstrating decent liquidity as well as solid deposit growth...
The local dirham-denominated Islamic bond market is still in its infancy, so local players are still raising funds by issuing dollar and other foreign currency-denominated Sukuk...
Commercial Bank of Dubai, listed on the Dubai Financial Market, owns a 20% stake in the Investment Corporation of Dubai, the main investment arm of the Government of Dubai...