European commercial real estate investment reaches €53bn in Q2

Eagle Hills’ inaugural syndicated financing delivered a bold $1 billion injection of Shariah-compliant liquidity into the Gulf’s property market. The debut not only underscored the company’s growing capital requirements as it scales projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Africa, but also signalled lenders’ confidence in its expansion strategy….

Aphindile AB Bokleni has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of IG Markets South Africa and joined Investec’s Prime Services division, according to an update on his LinkedIn profile. The move comes months after IG Group closed its South African office as part of restructuring. Earlier this year, the London-listed broker shut its local operations….

What happens when you take the ‘M’ out of Camels? Banks and supervisors in the US might be about to find out. For almost half a century, US regulators have relied on a composite rating of bank riskiness, comprised of each firm’s Capital adequacy, Asset quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity to market risk. But…

Fraudsters and privacy-conscious consumers have one thing in common. Neither wants to be easily found. For years, that overlap didn’t matter much. Privacy-minded consumers wanted to limit their data exposure and control how merchants stored their credentials. Fraudsters wanted to hide stolen identities and card numbers. Different motives, different corners of the system. Digital wallets…

Death During Police Arrest in Bologna Triggers Protests and Outcry in Italy Incident Overview and Public Response Details of the Arrest and Death ROME, July 20 (Reuters) – A man in the northern Italian city of Bologna died while being held to the ground by police trying to arrest him, in an incident captured on…

Housing starts in the US surged in June after a sharp drop a month earlier, driven by a rebound in apartment construction. Processing Content New residential construction increased 19% last month to an annualized rate of 1.43 million, the highest since March, government data released Friday showed. That topped all estimates in a Bloomberg survey…