A quarter of every dirham earned per share, returned directly to shareholders. That is the signal Dubai Investments sent at its 30th Annual General Meeting, confirming a 25% cash dividend while quietly reshaping its board for the cycle ahead. The Group’s shareholders formally approved a payout of AED 0.25 per share for the financial year … Read more
Five years of progress that was supposed to take fifteen — that’s the timeline compression the new chairman of the Arab Federation of Capital Markets says has already reshaped the region’s exchanges. Now the question is whether that momentum can be extended beyond a handful of dominant markets to the broader Arab world. Abdulla Salem … Read more
On a grey monsoon morning in Alappuzha, Kerala, a woman named Leela pulls the day’s catch tally from a worn register. Her Thanneermukkom Fisherwomen Cooperative Society — 340 members strong — collectively earned ₹1.7 crore last financial year. That figure would be unremarkable for a dairy cooperative in Gujarat. But for a fisheries cooperative in … Read more
