Middle East & Africa

New premises will offer increased access to AllianceBerstein’s asset management services to investors across the region.

The Kingdom has appointed five international banks to act as market makers in a bid to boost its secondary debt market.  

Applied Derivatives is providing Trading Technologies clients with access to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for the trading of all equity and currency derivatives. 

The new derivatives market and clearinghouse from the Saudi exchange group Tadawul will run on market technology from Nasdaq.

Emerging markets expert sees opportunity in active management and says now is the time to move away from the index.

Former Jefferies head of international equities to oversee regional expansion of analytics vendor.

Paul Plewman will take on the role as CEO of EMEA, while David Fass is appointed co-head of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) for the Americas.

DWS Group will take a 15% equity stake in NEO Technologies, a digital investment specialist based in Dubai.

ED&F Capital Man MENA is the first Middle-Eastern-based member to join CurveGlobal following the LSEG’s financial regulatory approval in Dubai.

New research from State Street shows 78% of institutional investors are optimistic about their own growth prospects in the Middle East.