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Abu Dhabi Investment Office
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) was launched with the objective of helping investors and companies of all sizes establish, grow and develop their business in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. As the central government hub supporting investment in Abu Dhabi, ADIO is responsible for helping the emirate’s private sector grow and diversify its economy. History ADIO, an independent authority, was established by Law No.1 of 2019, issued by the UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The office is responsible for implementing a strategy to increase foreign direct investment in Abu Dhabi by supporting investors and companies looking to establish or expand in Abu Dhabi. In January 2021, ADIO announced the opening of eight international offices in Tel Aviv, New York, San Francisco, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Beijing and Seoul, in an effort to attract global investors to the emirate. ADIO’s international offices provide localised support and facilitate conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. The city of Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. , Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 1.5 million, out of 2.9 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of 2016. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the city, and was the world's 5th largest sovereign wealth fund in 2021. Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there. Abu Dhabi houses local and federal government offices and is the home of the United Arab Emirates Government and the Supreme Petrole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masdar
Masdar,(Arabic:مصدر), also known as the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is a UAE-government owned renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Masdar is a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company and was founded by the UAE government in 2006.https://www.usuaebusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CorporateSpotlight_Masdar-Web.pdf https://www.pwc.com/m1/en/publications/documents/eversheds-pwc-developing-renewable-energy-projects.pdf?platform=hootsuite It is guided by The Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030, a program that drives new sources of income for the Emirate and strengthens its knowledge-based economic sectors. The company proposed to complete Masdar City by 2016, which was supposed to be the "first zero-carbon city", but managers have abandoned these plans. ''The Guardian'' wrote in 2016, "Masdar City is nowhere close to zeroing out its greenhouse gas emissions now, even at a fraction of its planned footprint." The initial plan for the city es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Investment Promotion Agencies
Investment is the dedication of money to purchase of an asset to attain an increase in value over a period of time. Investment requires a sacrifice of some present asset, such as time, money, or effort. In finance, the purpose of investing is to generate a return from the invested asset. The return may consist of a gain (profit) or a loss realized from the sale of a property or an investment, unrealized capital appreciation (or depreciation), or investment income such as dividends, interest, or rental income, or a combination of capital gain and income. The return may also include currency gains or losses due to changes in the foreign currency exchange rates. Investors generally expect higher returns from riskier investments. When a low-risk investment is made, the return is also generally low. Similarly, high risk comes with a chance of high losses. Investors, particularly novices, are often advised to diversify their portfolio. Diversification has the statistical effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (A.D.X.; formerly Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM); ar, سوق أبو ظبي للأوراق المالية) is a stock exchange in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Listed companies by sector List provided by Emirates Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA), including 73 companies in 4 sectors, whereas Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange provides more sectors. Banking Sector *ADCB: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank *ADIB: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank *BOS: Bank of Sharjah *CBI: Commercial Bank International *FGB: First Gulf Bank *FH: Finance House *INVESTB: Invest Bank *NBAD: National Bank of Abu Dhabi *NBF: National Bank of Fujairah *NBQ: National Bank of Umm Al Qawain *NBS: Sharjah Islamic Bank *NIB: Noor Bank *RAKBANK: The National Bank of Ras Al Khaima in UAE *UAB: United Arab Bank *UNB: Union National Bank Energy Sector *ADNOCDRILL: ADNOC Drilling *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Abu Dhabi Bank
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) ( ar, بنك أبوظبي الأول) is the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates. It was formed following a merger between First Gulf Bank (FGB) and National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD). FAB offers financial solutions, products and services through its Corporate and Investment Banking and Personal Banking franchises. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi in Khalifa Business Park, the bank has a presence in five continents: Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, Americas, Middle East and Africa (EAMEA). History First Abu Dhabi Bank was formed as a result of a merger between FGB and NBAD. On 3 July 2016, the two UAE banks announced that their boards of directors had voted unanimously on the recommendation to shareholders for the merger of the two entities. The transaction was approved by the respective shareholders on 7 December 2016. The transaction was executed through a share swap, with FGB shareholders receiving 1.254 NBAD shares for each FGB share they held. The mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ( ar, جهاز أبوظبي للاستثمار, ADIA) is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (in the United Arab Emirates) founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It manages the Emirate's excess oil reserves and is estimated to manage $790 billion. ADIA's operations have been characterized as secretive and opaque. History In 1967, Abu Dhabi emirate created the Financial Investments Board which operated within its Department of Finance and was responsible for managing the Emirate's excess oil revenues. However, in 1976, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of the United Arab Emirates, converted it into the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The goal was to invest the Abu Dhabi government's surpluses across various asset classes, with low risk. At the time it was novel for a government to invest its reserves in anything other than gold or short-ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is an international financial centre and free zone located on Al Maryah Island in the United Arab Emirates's capital, Abu Dhabi. The financial centre was established in 2013 and became fully operational in October 2015. It has three authorities – the financial services regulator, the registration bureau and the ADGM courts. In January 2015, the Abu Dhabi Global Market announced that it had renamed the location it was based in, “Sowwah Square”, to "Abu Dhabi Global Market Square". ADGM regulates the trading of digital assets and became an attractive jurisdiction for crypto companies after it introduced digital asset regulation in 2018. That same year ADGM joined the World Alliance of International Financial Centers. See also *List of financial regulatory authorities by country *List of company registers This is a list of official business registers around the world. There are many types of official business registers, usually maintain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York University Abu Dhabi
New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD, ar, جامعة نيويورك أبوظبي) is a degree granting, portal campus of New York University serving as a private, liberal arts college, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Together with New York University in New York City and New York University Shanghai, the portal campus is part of NYU's Global Network University. It opened in 2008 at a temporary site for conferences and cultural events. The academic program opened in September 2010 at the university's provisional downtown site; it was later moved in 2014 to the permanent campus built on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi. In 2021, the university welcomed 530 new entrants from the Class of 2025 who were selected from more than 17,300 applicants from all over the world (an acceptance rate of about 3%). The university announced that it had already produced "17 Rhodes Scholars since welcoming its first class in 2010, more Rhodes Scholars per student than any university in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INSEAD
INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East ( Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San Francisco, United States). As a graduate-only business school, INSEAD offers a full-time Master of Business Administration, an executive MBA (EMBA), a Master of Finance, a PhD in management, a Master in Management, Business Foundations Post-Graduate degrees, and a variety of executive education programs. Its MBA, taught in English, is consistently ranked among the best in the world. The MBA has produced the second most CEOs of the world’s 500 largest companies, second only to Harvard Business School's, and the sixth most billionaires. Despite its relatively small size as a specialist, graduate-only university, INSEAD educated 2nd most C-suite executives of listed companies in the world's 19 biggest economies, only second to Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Paris (post-1970)
, image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and anywhere on Earth , established = Founded: c. 1150Suppressed: 1793Faculties reestablished: 1806University reestablished: 1896Divided: 1970 , type = Corporative then public university , city = Paris , country = France , campus = Urban The University of Paris (french: link=no, Université de Paris), metonymically known as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception between 1793 and 1806 under the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated with the cathedral school of Notre Dame de Paris, it was considered the second-oldest university in Europe. Haskins, C. H.: ''The Rise of Universities'', Henry Holt and Company, 1923, p. 292. Officially chartere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalifa Industrial Zone
KIZAD or the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi ( ar, مَدِيْنَة خَلِيْفَة ٱلصَّنَاعِيَة, Madīnat Khalīfah Aṣ-Ṣanā'iyah) was unveiled in November 2010 by Abu Dhabi Ports in Abu Dhabi, and officially opened in September 2012. Background As part of its efforts to achieve economic diversification by 2030, the Abu Dhabi Government drew up plans to launch a multibillion-dollar industrial park and ports operation on a greenfield site in Taweelah (adjacent to the newly built Khalifa Port) which would become the emirate's first industrial free zone offering 100 per cent foreign ownership. By 2030, Kizad is expected to contribute up to 15% of the emirate's non-oil GDP. Location Besides its proximity to the state-of-the-art Khalifa Port, the industrial zone is located almost equidistant between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with extended frontage along the E11 Highway connecting the two cities. An additional arterial roadway is planned, linking Kizad to Al Ain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Four 54
twofour54 (stylised as twofour54) is a media and entertainment production company located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that operates several production facilities, houses media companies and freelancers. It is also a media free zone. Many major Hollywood productions have done production work in twofour54's facilities. Their facilities also host the first CNN Academy. Location and area twofour54 is located in and named after the geographical coordinates of Abu Dhabi (24° N, 54° E), capital of the United Arab Emirates. The media free zone's main campus is located on the mainland (Yas Island). It also operates a 70,000 square meter backlot in Kizad and production studios in Mussafah, with plans to expand to build their Yas Creative Hub on Yas Island by the fourth quarter of 2021. Background The media free zone twofour54 was founded in 2008. It falls under Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company's remit. After twofour54's founding, former Universal executive Wayne Borg joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
