Opinion pieces

The UAE’s Hedge Fund Boom: Lessons from an Emerging Financial Services Powerhouse

The global hedge fund industry is undergoing a seismic shift, one that is redefining the map of financial services. Gone are the days when...

Building Tomorrow’s Bank: Trends and Strategies for Business Model Innovation in 2025

Staying relevant in a shifting, highly competitive market is a major concern of incumbent banks worldwide. In the recent Innovation in Retail Banking 2024...

Real-Time Payments are redefining financial access in the Middle East

The Middle East is entering a transformative era in digital payments, driven by consumer demand and government efforts to make finance more accessible and...

Wealth Transfer: Planning for a Smooth Transition

In February, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) launched a ‘Sustaining family business success’ programme with MIT Sloan Executive Education to provide higher education to...

How UAE is driving the future of banking

Countries across the GCC, particularly UAE, are undergoing a profound transformation in their financial landscape, driven by rapid advancements in digital technology, characterised by...

Transforming Finance: Generative AI presenting the next frontier

Many of us will have experienced this by now, a monotonous automated voice on the other end of the phone helping you with your...

Weighing the Impact of the UAE Corporate Tax Law

As the UAE heavily underpins its medium to long-term growth strategy on reducing its dependence on oil and gas by diversifying the nation’s non-oil...

Revolutionizing wealth management in Africa: the role of AI and Engagement Banking

These are exciting times for our continent. In the 21st century, Africa has gone through an immense period of growth when it comes to the...

Investment Strategy 2024 – An Abstract

Raging bull Last year witnessed divergent global performances. Many asset classes were in bull territory led by US Equities, as NASDAQ advanced +53.8%, and Bitcoin,...

For UAE banks, managing technology risk is an opportunity, not a burden

In the modern FSI industry, technology risk management is about much more than just keeping the lights on. Having faced crisis after crisis since...

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