A $60.7 billion window is opening in global logistics, and the companies that stitch together sea, rail and road into a single cargo journey stand to capture most of it. That figure comes not from a consultancy pitch deck but from a detailed whitepaper by one of the Gulf’s largest port operators, and it signals … Read more
Six billion dollars aimed at a region where bond markets remain shallow relative to GDP signals more than development financing. It signals that Southeast Asia’s capital market infrastructure is now a strategic priority for multilateral lenders preparing for a more volatile decade ahead. The Asian Development Bank has announced plans to mobilise up to $6 … Read more
A $1.4 billion bet on commercial real estate along Sheikh Zayed Road tells you more about one billionaire’s reading of Dubai‘s trajectory than any sentiment survey could. Khalaf Al Habtoor is putting that capital to work at a moment when some developers are trimming prices to keep buyers engaged. The founding chairman of Al Habtoor … Read more
Property transactions worth 3.3 billion Omani rials in a single year tell you something concrete about where capital is flowing in the Gulf. Starting May 10, the industry gathering that wants to channel that momentum into the next decade of Omani development opens its doors in Muscat. Oman Design & Build Week 2026 brings together … Read more
Nearly 700,000 attendees across four editions and $14.9 billion in announced deals from the last round alone — those are the numbers that turned a Riyadh tech conference into one of the most commercially significant gatherings on the global calendar. Now LEAP returns for its fifth edition, and the programme suggests the ambition has not … Read more
The EU Deforestation Regulation is about to lock millions of smallholder coffee farmers out of European markets — not because they’re clearing forests, but because the maps say they are. That mapping failure is now the target of a multi-company satellite programme that could reshape how the global coffee supply chain proves its sustainability credentials. … Read more
An undersea oil pipeline connecting two South Asian neighbours would redraw energy logistics across the Indian Ocean — and the conversation to build one just moved from concept to diplomatic agenda. For anyone tracking Gulf crude flows into Asia, this is a development worth watching closely. Indian Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Sri Lankan … Read more
When a sovereign issuer taps the same sukuk series twice and still sees strong demand, it tells you something about how the market prices confidence in that government’s credit. The UAE’s latest AED 1.1 billion Islamic Treasury Sukuk listing on Nasdaq Dubai does exactly that, quietly reinforcing the dirham yield curve at a time when … Read more
An oversubscription ratio of 4.7 times on a sovereign sukuk issuance tells you something specific about how the market views UAE credit risk right now. The April 2026 Islamic Treasury Sukuk auction pulled in AED 5.20 billion in bids against a total issuance of just AED 1.1 billion, and the pricing on the longer-dated tranche … Read more
A 15.1 per cent revenue jump in a single quarter tells you something about where subscriber demand and digital spending are heading across the Gulf. For e&, the first three months of 2026 delivered AED 19.4 billion in consolidated revenue and confirmed that its international diversification strategy is producing measurable returns. The UAE’s largest telecom … Read more
