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Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20130210120000130401055930 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/130203171839/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20130203120000130203171839 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/130120100332/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20130120120000130120100332 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/130115060405/ This op-ed piece, written by Nasser Saidi & Claudio Scardovi and a version of which appeared on The National on Jan 14, 2013, makes the case for an active approach to real estate lending and management. 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Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121125120000121125082122 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121125082202/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121125120000121125082202 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121118112915/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121118120000121118112915 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121113062614/ Read on for a quick snapshot and highlights of the IMF's MENA REO issued in Nov 2012 (Fall issue) Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121113120000121113062614 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121111155616/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121111120000121111155616 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121104124512/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121104120000121104124512 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121021105405/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121021120000121021105405 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/121007113043/ A weekly review of economic and capital market developments across the globe, with specific focus on the region and the UAE. Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20121007120000121007113043 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/120930090650/ The post covers a brief overview of the latest global economic developments, with a specific emphasis on the MENA region and UAE. Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20120930120000120930090650 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/120730070237/ Weekly updates on global economy Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20120729120000120730070237 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/120722122031/ An in-depth analysis of last week's markets and economic data releases across the globe, with specific emphasis on the regional and UAE developments. 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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110327120000110327091509 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110320114917/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110320120000110320114917 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110306080642/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110306120000110306080642 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110227093050/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110227120000110227093050 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110220095244/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110220120000110220095244 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110213104241/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110213120000110213104241 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110206134240/ A recap of the 1st week of Feb 2011 , global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110206120000110206134240 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110202130719/ Launch ofthe S&P-Hawkamah Pan Arab - ESG Index' a tradeable index which ranks and tracks the performance, transparency and disclosure of regional companies on Environmental, Social and Governance issues Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110202120000110202130719 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110130081133/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110130120000110130081133 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110123085236/ A run through the economic and financial developments of last week Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110123120000110123085236 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110116105831/ A run through the economic and financial developments of last week Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110116120000110116105831 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110109113905/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110109120000110109113905 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110102091726/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110102120000110102091726 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/110102103724/ Results of the DIFC Economic Activity Survey which was carried out in 2010 with objective to measure the size and level of economic performance of the DIFC sub-economy and its contribution to Dubai's and the UAE's GDP. Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20110102120000110102103724 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101226103223/ A recap on economic news in the past week. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101226120000101226103223 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101219104435/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101219120000101219104435 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101212112059/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101212120000101212112059 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101208132857/ The DIFC's latest Economic Note provides an in-depth analysis and outlook on the role of Gold in the New Financial Architecture. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101208120000101208132857 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101208132522/ The latest Economic Note published today reviews the case for Gold as a Reserve Asset in the GCC. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101208120000101208132522 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101206121244/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE. Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101206120000101206121244 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101121084756/ A recap of previous week global and regional economic developments with a section on the UAE. Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101121120000101121084756 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101114104900/ A recap of previous week ' economic global and regional developments with a section on the UAE. Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101114120000101114104900 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101107093600/ A short recap of economic events and news in the past week. Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101107120000101107093600 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101024111625/ A short recap of economic events and news in the past week. Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101024120000101024111625 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101017080557/ Latest Markets, Regional & UAE Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101017120000101017080557 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/101012091340/ Latest Markets, Regional & UAE Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20101012120000101012091340 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100926091612/ Latest Markets, Regional & UAE Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100926120000100926091612 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100913115813/ Latest Markets, Regional & UAE Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100913120000100913115813 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100905103652/ Latest Markets, Regional & UAE Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100905120000100905103652 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100829092020/ Latest Markets, Regional Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia , Pacific & UAE Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100829120000100829092020 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100822095226/ Latest Markets, Regional Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia , Pacific & UAE Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100822120000100822095226 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100822094532/ Latest Markets, Regional Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia , Pacific & UAE Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100822120000100822094532 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100818084855/ Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance in theMENA Region Incentives and Remuneration in the New UAE Corporate Governance Law Brief on the United States' Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100818120000100818084855 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100816051040/ Latest Markets, Regional Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia , Pacific & UAE Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100816120000100816051040 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100808102330/ Watch this space every Sunday for the latest macroeconomic developments and updates on the performance of global markets. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100808120000100808102330 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100807142417/ Latest Markets, Regional Developments and Global Developments in Americas, Europe, Asia and Pacific Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100807120000100807142417 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100501062223/ swap spread" reflects the difference in risk between buying a government bond and making a loan to a bank. Some analysts stress "technical factors" and advance the hypothesis that this situation is just a temporary aberration, because of unusual supply-demand imbalances Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100501120000100501062223 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100430084835/ Dubai Government restructuring proposal for Dubai World's debt will removes the cloud of uncertainty that has been hanging over local and regional financial markets. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100430120000100430084835 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100430085415/ Dubai Government restructuring proposal for Dubai World's debt will removes the cloud of uncertainty that has been hanging over local and regional financial markets. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100430120000100430085415 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100404080618/ The GCC Finance and Economic Committee, meeting on 4th April, in Riyadh will design an acceptable mechanism for sharing customs duties among member countries under the GCC Customs Union. Dr. Nasser Saidi, Dr. Fabio Scacciavillani & Fahad Ali weigh on the various issues to consider. Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100404120000100404080618 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/100110085811/ Burj Khalifa is not merely a skyscraper; it is a vertical city surrounded by an integrated network of other purpose-built structures such as the Dubai Mall, the DIFC district and Business Bay. Taken together these mega structures, connected by a state of the art urban mass transit system (the Dubai Metro) and a network of highways, will form an integrated agglomeration which will redefine the conventional notion of urbanization. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20100110120000100110085811 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/091117131606/ Financial policy decision making is held hostage by those same financial institutions that few month ago were begging desperately to be spared the fate of Lehman, promising solemnly that they would behave impeccably from now on. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20091117120000091117131606 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/091108081354/ On 4 November, 2009 the International Finance Corporation, an affiliate of the World Bank listed an Islamic bond, a Sukuk on the DIFC's international exchange, Nasdaq-Dubai. It is the first time that a non-Islamic financial institution issues a Sharia compliant security for term funding, a fact all the more important, considering that the IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, is a leading multilateral financial institution, founded in 1956, with a strong reputation on international markets and... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20091108120000091108081354 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/090927132730/ Buried in the internal pages of economic newspapers and barely discernible among the flood of newsfeeds I found two revealing pieces of news. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20090927120000090927132730 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/090901112821/ UAE Company Law Reform and the Cost of Doing Business- Abstract: The amendment and reform of the UAE Company law is a major economic policy reform measure that will lower the cost of doing business, provide incentives for new company formation and registration -particularly for the SME sector- and... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20090901120000090901112821 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/090830114334/ With the end of summer drawing close, questions concerning the trajectory of the world economy in the second half of 2009 will intensify. The second quarter saw a global improvement in economic conditions, but with striking diversity. Emerging Asia recorded sustained GDP growth led by China, while... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20090830120000090830114334 Open http://www.zawya.com/blogs/nsaidi/090830111427/ Let me start by thanking you for organizing this very timely event andSAMA and the Institute of Banking for their traditional warm hospitality.The ongoing financial crisis poses a series of challenges to policy makersand regulators as they attempt to stabilise financial markets and prevent... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zawya 20090830120000090830111427 Open