Dubai Aerospace Enterprise hikes bond repurchase program by $300mln
The board of directors and shareholders of UAE-based airplane lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has authorised an additional $300 million for bond repurchases. The repurchase will be conducted through open market transactions, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. To date, DAE has repurchased approximately $1.13 billion of principal amount of its publicly traded […]
Dubai Islamic Bank posts 12% rise in Q1 profit, beats estimate
Dubai Islamic Bank, the UAE’s largest Islamic lender, posted a 12% jump year-on-year (YoY) in its Q1 2023 net profit to 1.5 billion dirhams ($408 million), driven by higher revenues and lower impairments. The earnings beat Refinitiv’s mean analysts’ estimate of AED 1.43 billion. Net financing and sukuk investments came in at AED 240 billion, […]
MBME to list on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Growth Market on April 17
MBME Group, the UAE’s largest payment aggregation platform, has announced that it will list on the Growth Market of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), thus becoming the first fintech company to be listed on the UAE’s financial markets. MBME is to list on April 17. The Group says it will expand its offerings, access […]
$5bln dollars of UAE investments in Brazil
Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, said that the Emirati-Brazilian partnership is based on solid foundations of friendship and respect for mutual interests. ‘’The bilateral relations between the two countries have experienced real development in a variety of political and economic spheres, and they have been enhanced by several official visits at the […]
Dubai records over $327mln in realty transactions Wednesday
Dubai real estate market recorded 440 sales transactions worth AED1.1 billion, in addition to 93 mortgage deals of AED153.86 million, and 12 gift deals amounting to AED25.55 million on Wednesday, data released by Dubai’s Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 401 villas and apartments worth AED778.34 million, and 39 land plots worth AED320.23 billion. […]
Abu Dhabi’s TAQA establishes green finance framework
Abu Dhabi-listed energy and utilities company TAQA is establishing a green finance framework to issue green bonds, sukuks, loans and other debt instruments, to contribute to its ESG targets and the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 ambitions. The company said in a statement that proceeds will go to eligible green projects, including renewable energy, energy […]
EGA joins Australia-based research centre to collaborate on decarbonisation of alumina refining
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, has joined Australian research centre HILT CRC to support study into the decarbonisation of alumina refining. HILT CRC (Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre) is working on technological breakthroughs in the decarbonisation of the steel, iron, alumina and cement industries. […]
Emirates Stallions Group to sell stake in WFC Holding LLC
Abu Dhabi-listed Emirates Stallions Group (ESG) will seek shareholder approval to sell its share in subsidiary WFC Holding LLC for AED 314.58 million ($85.6 million). The company announced in a bourse filing to Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) that it intends to sell its share to Reach Global Services Holding 1 SPV and one of […]
UAE’s Aldar to build new flats, penthouses dedicated to holistic health, wellbeing
UAE developer Aldar Properties launched a new project on Monday that will boost its real estate portfolio with 204 new apartments and penthouses, as it looks to tap into the growing demand for homes purposely built to support holistic health and wellbeing. The new “wellness” development, dubbed The Source, forms the next phase of Aldar’s […]
Abu Dhabi’s Presight AI soars on market debut
Shares in Abu Dhabi big data analytics company Presight AI climbed as much as 176% on their stock market debut after raising 1.82 billion dirhams ($495.6 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) for almost a third of the business. Presight’s shares rose as high as 3.70 dirhams on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange […]