The ninth edition of the Future Investment Initiative flagship conference (FII9), which concluded in Riyadh recently saw more than $50 billion in signed agreements and investment pledges. The deals spanned artificial intelligence, advanced technology, renewable energy and infrastructure.
CE-Invests, the strategic investments platform of Crescent Enterprises, has announced plans to deploy AED1 billion ($272.2 million) over the next three years in high‑growth markets across India, Southeast Asia, and the GCC.
SICO, licensed as a conventional wholesale bank by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), said its consolidated net profit attributable to shareholders grew 6% year-on-year, to record BD2.2 million ($5.7 million) in the third quarter of 2025 compared to BD2 million ($5.4 million) for the same quarter last year.
Gulf International Bank (GIB) announced the closing of a $1 billion five-year term loan facility for Energy Development Oman (EDO), arranged together with Mashreq as Joint Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers, Underwriters and Bookrunners.
BENEFIT, Bahrain’s leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions service, has signed a linkage agreement with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) – India, to enable seamless integration between Bahrain’s Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS), specifically Fawri+ service, and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
Dubai’s economy continued to maintain its strong upward momentum in the first half of 2025, with the emirate’s GDP growing 4.4 percent to reach AED241 billion ($65.62 billion) in the first half of the year. In the second quarter alone, Dubai’s GDP climbed 4.7 percent to AED122 billion ($33.22 billion).
Dukhan Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, to provide the Qatari market with Sharia-compliant strategic products and solutions.
The pace of growth pf GCC economies will accelerate in the coming years to reach 4.3% by 2027, supported by expanding investments in tourism, renewable energy, manufacturing, and technology sectors, said a report.
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) and Mabanee Company (Mabanee), one of the region’s largest real estate developers, have signed Kuwait’s first green financing agreement for a loan of KD25 million ($81.46 million) to Mabanee.
The World Economic Forum has unveiled a stakeholder‑specific roadmap to mobilise private climate finance at scale in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).
