Over the past year, Abu Dhabi has explored a string of ambitious acquisitions in the international banking sector in an attempt to become a global financial powerhouse.
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Qatari royals including former prime minister plan £5 billion opening bid for Man United bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Wealth

After Argentina wins a breathtaking final, Qatar faces a hard landing now the World Cup is over bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Japan's biggest lender MUFG is evaluating an acquisition of some Credit Suisse's loan portfolios to expand its US business, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

The owners of GEMS Education, one of the world’s largest private school operators, are exploring options including the sale of a controlling stake in the business, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund mandates banks for a debut dollar green bond sale, sources say, as the kingdom seeks to reshape its reputation on environmental issues. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Saudi Arabia Green Green Bonds Market صندوق الاستثمارات العامة

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund said it delivered a shareholder return of 25% last year as global stocks rallied in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via صندوق الاستثمارات العامة @investmentreturns Saudi Arabia

Scoop: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund may invest about $3 billion in key sectors of Pakistan’s economy, sources say, as the gas-rich Gulf state extends its support to the cash-strapped South Asian nation bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

An Abu Dhabi-based investor buys 2% of Foxtons and says he’s backing management’s plan to turn around the company bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

LATEST ON GULF IPOs: Mideast hospital operator VPS Healthcare is set to court investors ahead of potentially listing a unit in Abu Dhabi later this year, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Archana Narayanan Julia Fioretti

Private school operator Taaleem picks EFG-Hermes and Emirates NBD Bank to lead a planned #Dubai IPO bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Archana Narayanan Zainab Fattah

Abu Dhabi's #Adnoc and Austria's Borealis are seeking to raise about $2 billion from an #IPO of their plastics joint venture bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Nicolas Parasie Anthony DiPaola Archana Narayanan

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority’s $6.1 billion IPO attracted global investors including  #BlackRock and  #Vanguard , sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Archana Narayanan

Traders at Goldman Sachs have made hundreds of millions of dollars from inflation trading so far this year, as the Wall Street giant benefits from the war-fueled surge in European consumer prices. Latest via Bloomberg

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Dubai’s main power and water company raises $6.1 billion in the biggest IPO in Europe and the Middle East in more than two years bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

MTN, Africa’s largest phone company, is working with advisers at JPMorgan on the planned separation of its financial technology business, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Dubai-based Mashreqbank carves out its payments arm into a new unit, NeoPay, focused mainly on helping businesses handle credit and debit card payments bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology MashreqBank payments

Exclusive: Citigroup Maps Out Expansion of Commercial Banking Across Africa bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Saudi state oil company Aramco revives talks to build a multi-billion dollar refining and petrochemicals complex in China, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Abu Dhabi SWF #Mubadala 's seeking a valuation of around $20bn for Emirates Global #Aluminium , as it gets closer to listing the firm. EGA's the biggest producer of the metal – prices for which have soared this year – in the Mideast. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Dinesh Nair Archana Narayanan