Bahrain's economy grew at 2.7% at constant prices during the first quarter this year, mainly driven by an increase in both non-oil and oil activities by 2.2% and 5.3% YoY, respectively, reported BNA, citing the Economic Quarterly Report for...
The Gulf country continues to punch above its weight when it comes to FDI attraction. The UAE was, once again, the world’s top foreign direct investment performer last year, relative to the size of its economy, followed by Namibia and...
Malta was the biggest improver, while Uganda lost the most ground. Malta is the highest climber in the 2025 edition of the Greenfield FDI Performance Index, jumping 50 places from last year to rank 33rd overall. It is one of several...
Energy investment shored up FDI in the western Balkan country last year. North Macedonia is the highest-ranking country in emerging Europe in this year’s reading of the Greenfield FDI Performance Index, ranking sixth overall. With a population of less than 2mn...
The Reserve Bank of Australia board slashes the main cash rate by a quarter point to 3.6%. Australia’s central bank cut interest rates on Tuesday (Aug 12) for a third time this year and signalled further policy easing might be...
The return was led by equities, which rose by 6.7%. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund returned 5.7 per cent and slightly missed its target in the first six months of 2025. The US$1.9 trillion fund’s return was led by equities, which rose...
Financial institutions remain the leading issuers across both Singdollar and non-Singdollar bonds. The corporate debt market saw robust growth in 2024, with new debt issuances rising 34 per cent year on year to S$308 billion. This comprises new issuances for short-term...
The group overall logged a net profit of 421.8 billion yen for the April-June quarter. Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group booked a net profit of US$2.87 billion in the first quarter, driven by gains among larger listed investments in its...
The bank cited its digital transformation, credit growth, and risk management. Vietnam’s HDBank’s profit after tax is $306.28m (VND8.03t) in H1 2025, a 24.26% increase compared to a year earlier, its latest financial results showed. Pre-tax profit is at $383m in...
About 1 in 3 see embedding AI as a way to transform their organizations. Operational and cost transformation is at the top of banking agendas globally in an era of economic pressure, rising competition, and rapidly evolving customer expectations, according...
