Dominic O’Neill

Recent stories by Dominic O’Neill

• Islamic finance: Sukuk market on trial as Islamic bonds default

  Debt restructurings are untested process; Demand for new sovereign sukuk still strong

  Euromoney July 2009

• Qatar: Bailout to fuel property growth

  Euromoney July 2009

• Private equity turns to Iraq

  Government seeks foreign investors; Opportunities in real estate, cement and power

  Euromoney June 2009

• Sovereign bonds: Nomura’s Gulf samurai

  Euromoney June 2009

• Private equity: Abraaj leads Gulf buyouts

  Opportunities rising in private equity; $11 billion sitting on sidelines

  Euromoney June 2009

• Single currency: UAE pulls out of currency union

  Euromoney June 2009

• Gulf banking: Shake-up for GIB’s shareholders after bailout

  Gulf International Bank is finalizing a reallocation of shares in the light of a $4.8 billion bailout by its shareholders.

  Euromoney May 2009

• EEEMA market round up: Angola eyes bond issue

  Euromoney May 2009

• Saudi industrial plans seek extra help

  How many mega-projects can a crippled market handle? Saudi state bodies such as the Public Investment Fund are doing more to help the financing of projects but it might not be enough. Dominic O’Neill reports from Riyadh.

  Euromoney May 2009

• Russian pressure and recession liberalize Belarus

  Higher-cost hydrocarbons and falling exports are separating the state from the economy and destroying its Soviet relics, starting with the banks. Dominic O’Neill reports from Minsk.

  Euromoney May 2009

• Exclusive: GIH’s Ghunaim says lessons have been learnt from default

  At the beginning of the year Kuwait’s biggest investment company, Global Investment House, announced that it had defaulted on about $2.5 billion in debt. It became the first big financial institution in the Gulf to default since the credit crisis began. In an exclusive interview its chairwoman Maha Al Ghunaim tells Dominic O’Neill how she plans to turn the company’s fortunes around.

  Published April 2009 euromoney.com

• GIB to undergo shareholder shake-up after bailout

  A wider client focus with an eventual move into retail banking to ensure more stable funding will follow the implementation of a new shareholder structure at Gulf International Bank.

  Published April 2009 euromoney.com

• Mansour Al Maiman: Saudi’s PIF to flex its financial muscle

  Mansour Al Maiman, secretary general of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, tells Dominic O’Neill how his institution is adapting to the changing needs of his country.

  Euromoney April 2009

• Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund to float NCB

  Euromoney April 2009

• Banking: Bahrain leads consolidation

  Euromoney April 2009

• EEMEA market round up: SABB appoints new chief executive

  Euromoney April 2009

• Exclusive: Saudi fund poised for launch

  New $5.3 billion entity to invest in equity at home and abroad.

  Published March 2009 euromoney.com

• Dubai: Fourth quarter dents profits

  Given the emirate’s imploding real estate market and economy, some local banks in Dubai announced surprisingly strong results for 2008. But developments in the second half, and especially the final quarter, reduced results for the year as a whole.

  Euromoney March 2009

• Qatar: Dubai dropped for Doha

  As gas exports from Qatar provide the country with a buffer from the Middle East’s financial crisis, investors are expected to favour Doha over troubled Dubai. Already, some regional and global banks are transferring staff from Dubai to Qatar’s capital.

  Euromoney March 2009

• EEMEA round up: Knox leaves ADCB

  Euromoney March 2009