Arabian Post Staff -Dubai London-listed Man Group is moving to establish an office in Abu Dhabi, adding fresh momentum to the UAE capital’s drive to become a larger global centre for hedge funds, alternative assets and private capital. The firm, one of the world’s biggest publicly traded hedge fund managers, has applied for a Category 3A licence at Abu Dhabi Global Market, the emirate’s international financial centre. […]
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson’s claim that he has been kept outside crypto’s most powerful policy and industry circles has sharpened a wider argument over influence, visibility and technical delivery in the digital-asset sector. Hoskinson, who co-founded Ethereum before building Cardano through Input Output Global, said in an interview that he had been excluded from key conversations despite Cardano’s sustained engineering output. His remarks landed as development metrics […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai OPAQUE has acquired cryptographic AI technologies developed in Abu Dhabi, expanding its confidential AI platform into model training, agentic workflows and post-quantum protection for enterprises handling highly sensitive data. The deal links OPAQUE, a San Francisco-headquartered confidential AI company founded by researchers from UC Berkeley’s RISELab, with the Technology Innovation Institute, the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council. The […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other Opec+ producers agreed on Sunday to raise their collective oil production quota by 188,000 barrels per day from June, pressing ahead with a planned supply increase despite severe disruption to Gulf exports and the UAE’s exit from the alliance. The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi National Oil Company will award Dh200 billion worth of project contracts between 2026 and 2028, marking one of the largest new execution phases in the Gulf energy sector as Abu Dhabi moves to expand capacity, secure supply chains and deepen local manufacturing. The planned awards, equivalent to about $55 billion, form the first major tranche of ADNOC’s $150 billion capital expenditure […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Ras Al Khaimah’s economic regulator has stepped up public and business awareness over counterfeit goods, warning that fake products threaten consumer safety, undermine legitimate traders and expose offenders to serious legal action. The Ras Al Khaimah Department of Economic Development, through its Commercial Control and Protection Department, carried out an awareness campaign titled “Protect Your Products from Counterfeiting” as part of wider efforts […]
Arabian Post Staff -DubaiUS President Donald Trump urged Iran to “get smart soon” and agree to a deal as Washington weighed a longer blockade of Iranian ports, raising the stakes in a confrontation that has already unsettled energy markets, shipping routes and diplomacy across the Gulf. Trump’s message on Truth Social followed several days of stalled contacts aimed at ending the conflict and securing restrictions on Iran’s […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai has lowered a key entry barrier for property-linked residency, allowing sole owners of completed real estate to apply for a two-year visa without meeting the previous Dh750,000 minimum property value threshold. The revised criteria, published through the Dubai Land Department’s Cube platform, shift the visa framework away from a single asset-value test and towards ownership structure. Sole owners can now seek the […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s Modon has sold out Tara Park on Reem Island, generating about AED 2 billion in sales and underscoring the depth of buyer appetite for well-located residential projects in the capital. The sell-out followed strong demand for the development, which is positioned as a freehold residential community connected to Reem Mall and close to Abu Dhabi Global Market, Al Maryah Island, Downtown […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s decision to leave OPEC and the wider OPEC+ framework from May 1, 2026 has introduced a new fault line in global oil diplomacy, raising questions over the future discipline of a producer alliance that has shaped crude supply policy for decades. The move ends nearly six decades of UAE participation in OPEC and removes one of the group’s most important Gulf […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi has moved to leave OPEC and OPEC+, ending nearly six decades inside the producers’ group and sending a sharp signal through an oil market already strained by geopolitical risk, supply disruption and shifting energy strategies. The decision, announced on Tuesday and set to take effect on May 1, marks one of the most consequential breaks inside the oil-exporting bloc since Qatar’s […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s Emirati Human Resources Development Council and Dubai International Financial Centre have launched a specialist programme to prepare UAE nationals for roles in wealth management, private banking and financial technology, strengthening the emirate’s push to deepen local participation in high-value financial services. The Wealth Strategist Programme is designed to equip Emirati talent with practical skills required by private banks, asset managers, family offices, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is preparing a major expansion into the United States natural gas sector, with plans that could commit tens of billions of dollars to assets spanning production, pipelines, liquefaction, export infrastructure and downstream supply. The push is being led through XRG, ADNOC’s international investment arm, which is examining 29 potential transactions as it seeks to build a vertically integrated […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Qatar’s media-sector push has gained fresh momentum after Media City Qatar and the International Association for MediaTech entered a Platinum Partnership designed to raise the country’s profile as a regional centre for media, technology and content creation. Announced in Doha on 26 April 2026, the agreement gives Media City Qatar wider access to IAMT’s international platforms, industry events, market intelligence and training […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Gulf Bank has renewed its long-term strategic collaboration with Mastercard, strengthening a payments alliance aimed at expanding digital banking services, improving transaction security and responding to changing customer behaviour across Kuwait’s financial sector. The renewed agreement gives Gulf Bank continued access to Mastercard’s payment technologies, digital solutions and global expertise, with a focus on contactless payments, mobile wallet services, card security, customer convenience […]
