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Emerging market-focused private equity firm Abraaj Group has bought a majority stake in Liberty Star Consumer Holdings (Libstar), a South African food and personal care product manufacturer, it said on Wednesday. Dubai-headquartered Abraaj bought shares in unlisted Libstar from its existing shareholders including Metier, Old Mutual Private Equity, Development Partners International and Lereko, it said in a statement. Abraaj said it would continue to support Libstar’s pan-African […]

Hedge funds cut bullish bets on Brent crude to the lowest level in three years amid speculation that Saudi Arabia may refrain from paring output to tackle global oversupply. Speculative bets that prices will rise, in futures and options combined, outnumbered short positions by 36,704 lots in the week to Sept. 30, the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange said today in its weekly Commitments of Traders report. […]

|TAP Special| The oil market scene is turning murky, with indications of a price war developing among major producers to defend their market shares. Crude futures tumbled to a 17-month low on signs that global supply is outstripping demand and by all indications, crude oil is poised to extend the biggest slump in more than two years. To make things worse, Saudi Arabia is said to be […]

Discord at OPEC is turning into a price war, loosening the cartel’s grip on the oil market and exacerbating a recent steep selloff. Fissures have widened as Mideast turmoil frays political alliances and producers vie for customers amid a flood of oil from the U.S. and slowing growth in Asia. “No one is telling anyone what they are up to,” one Gulf oil official said. Saudi Arabia […]

SAUDI ARABIA. Jadwa Investment, the Saudi asset manager focused on Sharia’ah compliant mutual and private equity funds, has just issued its Quarterly Global Oil Market Update (Q3 2014). Summary of the report ·      The combination of accelerating US supply, weaker than expected global demand, stabilization in geopolitics, and an appreciation of the dollar, led to oil prices dropping by 7.3 percent in Q3 2014, to an average of […]

Gulf banks are feeling the pinch of rapidly shrinking corporate loan margins, with some predicting a bounce in lending rates as soon as the first half of 2015 as the escalating price war bites into profitability. Lenders are being forced to cut rates and loosen lending terms to secure business as local banks, flush with cash as their balance sheets recover from the global financial crisis, seek […]

|By TAP Staff| Following the huge success of Emaar’s malls IPO, Chairman Mohammed Alabbar indicated the possibility of floating the group’s hotel business, which includes the signature Armani Hotel. Meraas Holding, a Dubai government-controlled developer, has picked banks to manage the IPO of its theme park unit, three people with knowledge of the matter said earlier this month. The company’s IPO is planned for the fourth quarter, […]

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A landmark ruling by the court system in Dubai’s financial free zone suggests the emirate is starting to influence the way international business disputes are resolved in the Middle East, partly taking over that role from London and New York. Last month a court in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) found Switzerland’s Bank Sarasin had mis-sold $200 million of investment products to Kuwait’s prominent Khorafi family, […]

Growing interest in sharia investments to boostfund value to $100 million. Sedco launches in-house managed Islamic fund JEDDAH, 8 hours, 30 minutes ago Jeddah-based Islamic investment firm Sedco Capital has launched the first fund managed by its own in-house team, looking to bulk up its asset management capabilities, the firm said on Monday. The Gulf equities fund, domiciled in Luxembourg, has an intial $30 million in assets […]

The Dubai Mall … a key property of Emaar’s malls unit. Emaar malls unit IPO priced at top of range DUBAI, 12 hours, 27 minutes ago Dubai’s Emaar Properties confirmed on Monday that the initial sale of shares in its malls unit priced at the top of the proposed range amid massive demand from investors, making it the largest stock offer in a Gulf Arab economy since […]

Dubai’s stock market looks set to see an influx of cash this week when Emaar Malls Group returns to investors the surplus funds from subscriptions to its initial public offer, which could boost the prices of other stocks. EMG, a subsidiary of Dubai’s largest listed developer Emaar Properties, closed subscriptions last Friday and will announce the final offer price on Monday, according to its prospectus. Sources familiar […]

FTTH Council to host 6th annual conference DUBAI, 3 hours, 27 minutes ago Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council Mena, has announced the launch of its sixth annual conference in the UAE under the theme of ‘FTTH – The Rise of Smart Nation’.According to a 2013 study conducted by the council, UAE has the highest penetration rate in the world of fibre to the home connectivity for […]

Mobily rolls out new iPhone 6 models RIYADH, 3 hours, 30 minutes ago Mobily, a leading teleom operator in Saudi Arabia, has launched the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus mobile phones in selected cities of Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Khobar. There was a solid rush at the Mobily outlets on Saturday among the cutsomers who wanted to lay their hands on ‘the most sophisticated and advanced’ […]

By DAVID E. SANGER and ANNE BARNARD September 27, 2014 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said on Saturday that it had conducted its first strikes against Islamic State targets in a besieged Kurdish area of Syria along the Turkish border, destroying two armored vehicles in an area that has been the subject of a weeklong onslaught by the Islamic State. The action around Kobani, where at least 150,000 refugees have crossed into Turkey, appeared to signify the opening of […]

Al Sudairy … GEMS is a leading player Saudi group buys waste management firm for $300m RIYADH, 1 days ago Jadwa Waste Management Opportunities Fund, a unit of leading Saudi Arabian private equity house and investment bank Jadwa Investment, has acquired Global Environmental Management Services (GEMS) together with its co-investment partners in a deal valued at around $300 million. The acquisition was funded by funds managed by […]

|By TAP Staff| Dubai buyout firm Abraaj is teaming up with TPG Capital, based in Fort Worth, Texas, for a deal to buy a majority stake in Saudi Arabian fast-food chain Kudu, it has been reported. Kudu operates about 200 outlets in Saudi Arabia selling grilled chicken sandwiches, burgers and breakfasts. According to Bloomberg, the pickup in Middle East investment comes as dealmaking by private-equity firms in […]

Leading Saudi IT firm achieves 20pc growth RIYADH, 21 hours, 18 minutes ago Al Falak Electronic Equipment & Supplies Company, a leading IT and communications solution provider, said it has registered a growth average of 20 per cent for the last three years. The company has been witnessing continuous growth in its operations in both Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC region over the last […]

As airstrikes led by the United States against the militant group Islamic State continued on Wednesday, for the first time in over two decades – Saudi Arabia and several other Gulf monarchies openly joined the campaign. While Arab participation in the strikes is of more symbolic than military value, analysts described it as a bold move for a group of countries that for long preferred to act […]

Saudi exported just below 7 million barrels of oil per day in May-July,the lowest amount since September 2011 Saudi Q2 GDP growth down to 3.8pc on oil slowdown DUBAI, 19 hours, 16 minutes ago By Martin Dokoupil Saudi Arabia’s economic growth eased to an annual 3.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2014, the lowest rate in a year, because of a slowdown in the oil […]

Gulf Capital buys into top Egypt glass firm ABU DHABI, 21 hours, 31 minutes ago Gulf Capital, a leading alternative investment firm, has completed the acquisition of a strategic minority stake in Middle East Glass Manufacturing (MEG), Egypt’s largest container glass and PET manufacturer. MEG is a worldwide approved supplier of glass bottles for Coca-Cola, an approved supplier for Pepsi, Nestle and other major beverage producers locally […]

Saudi bourse to close on Tuesday for public holiday DUBAI, 1 days ago Saudi Arabia’s bourse will be closed on Tuesday, September 23 to mark the kingdom’s National Day. Trading will resume on Wednesday, according to a statement from the stock exchange. – Reuters This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please […]

Hilal Computers wins top marketing awards MANAMA, 1 days ago Bahrain-based computer systems integrator and solutions provider Hilal Computers has received two prestigious awards from multinational technology firm Dell. Al Hilal Group general manager Geoffrey Milne and regional computer operations director Roshan George received the awards “ for platinum partner of the year and strategic penetration of the Saudi Arabian market” from Dell founder and chief executive […]

City skyscrapers stand on the waterfront seen from a construction site of residential apartments on Palm Jumeirah artificial island in Dubai. Bloomberg News A rebounding Dubai property market has caught everyone’s attention again. Following a colossal crash in property prices in the wake of the financial crisis, not many had expected a recovery so soon afterwards, or so swiftly. The total amount invested in the emirate’s property […]

A Palestinian family looks from a window at the rubble of a collapsed tower following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City in a Aug. 26 file photo. Associated Press The outlook for Gaza’s economic recovery is “bleak” after a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas unless there is “a fundamental change of the political status quo”, according to a sobering International Monetary Fund report released Tuesday on the […]

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