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          The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 1980, emerging Asia contributed just 10 per cent of global gross domestic product, but that now stands at 36 per cent, IMF figures show. Getty Images

          Emerging Asia makes up 36% of the global economy so should you invest more?

          MoneyNovember 05, 2019
          The Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh took place over three days this past week. Photo: Bloomberg

          Saudi Arabia closes third FII with $20bn in deals

          EconomyNovember 03, 2019
          Fishing boats are berthed along a river in Nghe An province, Vietnam. Portfolio inflows to emerging markets slowed down in October from a month ago as trade tensions create uncertainty. AFP.

          Portfolio inflows to emerging markets drop in October on trade tensions, IIF says

          MarketsNovember 02, 2019
          US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticsed the WTO. Bloomberg

          China WTO win allows it to sanction $3.7bn on US

          EconomyNovember 02, 2019
          US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference. The US central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate a quarter percentage pointfor the third time this year; making it cheaper to borrow money and help boost the mortgage, auto and personal loan markets. EPA

          Gulf central banks follow suit after Fed delivers third rate cut

          EconomyOctober 31, 2019
          Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives for a session at the 2018 Future Investment Initiative confernece in Riyadh. This year's event is expected to attract even more attention. AFP

          Global elite head to Saudi Arabia as country's economic transformation gathers pace​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

          EconomyOctober 30, 2019
          The backdrop of the 2019 Future Investment Initiative conference at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, where $15bn worth of agreements were unveiled on day one. Reuters.

          Saudi Arabia's investment authority announces $15bn of agreements

          EconomyOctober 29, 2019
          While mandatory health insurance exists in Abu Dhabi and Dubai for domestic workers, it is not compulsory to have life or critical illness in place. Pawan Singh / The National

          Axa Gulf and Rise roll out free life insurance product for low-income workers

          MoneyOctober 29, 2019
          Iraqi protesters run for cover as security forces use tear gas to disperse the crowds in central Baghdad during anti-government demonstrations in the Iraqi capital on October 25, 2019. Thousands of protesters massed near the high-security Green Zone in Baghdad in a resumption of anti-government demonstrations that left more than 150 people dead earlier this month. / AFP / -

          Anti-government protests resume in Iraq after bloodshed

          October 25, 2019
          Beco Capital co-founders Amir and Dany farha, who run the business alongside fellow managing partner Yousef Hammad. Courtesy Beco Capital.

          Venture capital firm Beco raises $100m through second fund

          TechnologyOctober 24, 2019
          The Kingdom Tower in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia jumped up the rankings in the World Bank's Doing Business 2020 report from 92nd to 62nd place. Photo: Bloomberg

          Saudi Arabia is top improver in World Bank’s Doing Business report as UAE leads the region

          EconomyOctober 24, 2019
          A total of Dh169.2 billion was sent from the UAE last year, according to the Central Bank’s 2018 annual report. Pawan Singh / The National

          How TransferWise will shake up the UAE remittance market

          MoneyOctober 23, 2019
          TransferWise chief executive Kristo Käärmann, said the company "always knew" its expansion into the Middle East would start in the UAE. Photo courtesy TransferWise

          Low-cost money transfer service TransferWise expands to the UAE

          MoneyOctober 23, 2019
          The construction site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba in the North West of Ethiopia, seen in November 2017. AP

          Egypt accepts invitation to meet in US over Ethiopia dam dispute

          October 23, 2019
          Egypt fears the $4.7 billion Great Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, that the Horn of Africa nation is building on the Nile, will reduce a water supply vital for its 84 million people, who mostly live in the Nile valley and delta. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

          Egypt to press for outside mediator in Ethiopia dam dispute

          October 21, 2019
          FILE PHOTO: The logo of the European Central Bank outside its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

          ECB's Vasle urges fiscal policy action to boost economy

          EconomyOctober 20, 2019
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