The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy. The UAE's economy is the 2nd largest in the Middle East, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion in 2021-2023.
FGB was the third largest bank by assets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), until it merged with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi in December 2016 to form First Abu Dhabi Bank, creating the largest bank by assets in the UAE. Established in 1979, FGB is headquartered in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. FGB offers a wide range of financial services in the wholesale, consumer, and treasury banking sectors, including Islamic banking and bancassurance solutions for businesses and consumers via a network of branches across the UAE. Internationally, FGB has a branch in Singapore - that includes global wealth management services and a branch in Qatar, representative offices in London, India, Hong Kong, and Seoul, South Korea, and a subsidiary in Libya.
The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) is a stock exchange located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was founded on 26 March 2000.
Aldar Properties PJSC is a real estate development, management and investment company with headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company's shares are traded on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
Mohamed Ali Alabbar is an Emirati businessman, best known as the founder of Emaar Properties, the developer of assets such as the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall, as well as the founder and chairman of Eagle Hills, an Abu Dhabi-based private investment and real estate development company.
The Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) is an Islamic bank in Dubai, established in 1975 by Saeed Bin Ahmed Lootah. It is the first Islamic bank in the world to have incorporated the principles of Islam in all its practices and is the largest Islamic bank in the United Arab Emirates.
EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E. is an Egyptian financial services company present in the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia regions and specializes in securities brokerage, asset management, investment banking, private equity and research in addition to finance lease, factoring, microfinance, Financial technology, mortgage, and insurance. EFG Hermes serves a range of clients including sovereign wealth funds, endowments, corporations, financial institutions, high-net-worth clients and individual customers. EFG Hermes is listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and London (LSE) stock exchanges. EFG Hermes has offices in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Pakistan, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, UK, United States and Bangladesh with over 4,500 people from 25 nationalities. They serve clients from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States. Currently, EFG Holding is listed as number 13 in Forbes' Top 50 Listed Companies in Egypt 2023.
Dubai Bank was an Islamic bank based in Dubai, UAE. The bank was launched in September 2002 and transformed into Shari’a-compliant financial institution with on 1 January 2007. Dubai Bank was part of the Dubai Group, a Dubai Holdings company. On 1 December 2012 the bank was acquired by Emirates NBD.
Dubai Banking Group is the global shari'a compliant financial investor of Dubai Group with assets valued at over USD 10 billion. The group was established in 2007 when Dubai Islamic Investment Group, founded in 2004, and Dubai Bank, founded in 2002, consolidated their activities to form Dubai Banking Group.
Emirates NBD Bank PJSC is Dubai's government-owned bank and is one of the largest banking groups in the Middle East in terms of assets.
Noor Bank was established in January 2008, in Dubai - United Arab Emirates.
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) is the UAE's largest free-trade zone that is located in the Jumeirah Lake Towers district of Dubai. Created in 2002, it serves as a commodities exchange that deals in four main sectors: precious commodities ; energy; steel and metals and agricultural commodities .
In August 2020, the Investment Corporation of Dubai, a sovereign wealth fund, became the parent company of the autonomous DMCC as part of a major restructuring.
RAKBANK is the trading name of the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah PJSC, a public joint-stock company headquartered in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates. It is listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).
SHUAA Capital psc is an asset management and investment banking platform.
Ziad Makkawi is an entrepreneur & investor, a French national born in New York City on December 25, 1961, to Lebanese parents.
TECOM Group PJSC is a public company headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and traded on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) under the symbol TECOM. Prior to the IPO, TECOM Group was a member of owned by Dubai Holding, a UAE state-owned enterprise. Currently, Dubai Holding remains one of the stakeholders of TECOM Group.
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates. It was formed following a merger between First Gulf Bank (FGB) and National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD).
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) is an aid program foundation based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). MBRGI was launched in 2015 by the UAE ministry of finance, consolidating some 33 philanthropic initiatives overseen by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, over the past two and more decades.
Citibank National Association, United Arab Emirates commonly known as Citibank U.A.E., is a franchise subsidiary of Citigroup, a multinational financial services corporation headquartered in New York City, United States. Citi U.A.E. is connected by a network spanning 98 markets across the world. The phone support call center for Citibank U.A.E. retail banking clients is based at Citibank Bahrain.
Investment Corporation of Dubai is the principal investment arm of the Government of Dubai focused on strengthening Dubai’s economy through long-term value and wealth creation and investing in global opportunities. Established in 2006, ICD manages the Government of Dubai Portfolio of commercial companies and investments. In 2022, ICD reported assets worth $320 billion and revenue of $73 billion. The Dubai-based corporation provides strategic oversight, develops and implements investment strategies and corporate governance policies, and operates in multiple sectors, including oil and gas, transportation, banking, and financial services.
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