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The spike in three month LIBOR is bad news for borrowers

by Matein Khalid | Jan 22, 2018 | The Macro View

I had projected a bloodbath in the US Treasury bond market since late 2016, when it was obvious that Trump’s tax reform would double the US budget deficit at the same time as the Federal Reserve prepared to ‘normalize’ or shrink its balance sheet by $470...

GII’s Amazon logistics deal is strategic winner for Dubai!

by Matein Khalid | Jan 8, 2018 | The Macro View

Dubai-based Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) acquired a one million square foot Amazon logistics centre in Dortmund, Germany for $144 million. This deal is a testament to the boutique global merchant bank created in Dubai by GII’s co-founder/CEO Pankaj Gupta, who I am...

Dubai property market trends in 2018

by Matein Khalid | Jan 2, 2018 | The Macro View

The rise in Brent crude to $60 a barrel and the trade volume ballast generated by the world’s first post Lehman synchronised economic recovery is hugely positive for UAE economic growth in 2018. After all, the UAE is unique because Abu Dhabi’s 100 billion barrels of...