Dubai, 11 December 2025: ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) brought global anti-fraud insights to the forefront at the Audit, Anti-Fraud & I.T. Congress 2025, organised by the Institute of Internal Auditors, held last month in Abu Dhabi.
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Five Trends Shaping the Future of Warehousing in the Middle East
The Middle East is entering a new phase of logistics expansion as governments accelerate long-term strategies to position the region as a global trade and distribution hub. The Middle East logistics market is set to double this year compared with 2020, reflecting the scale of investment now flowing into infrastructure, technology, and supply chain modernisation. This momentum is reshaping expectations for warehouse performance, energy efficiency, and service reliability. Swisslog outlines the five trends that will define 2026’s warehousing landscape.
Advancing Oman’s Industrial Standing in the Gulf
OQ ACCELERATES NATIONAL DOWNSTREAM GROWTH WITH 11 NEW LADAYN AGREEMENTS AND OVEROMR 27 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS
Bahrain, December 2025 –Anchoring Oman’s position as a rising industrial hub within the region’s polymer value chainsand underscoring its rise as a regional downstream manufacturing base,OQ, Oman’s global investment group,has signed 11 new investment agreements under the Ladayn Polymer Park programme (“Ladayn”), backed by more than OMR 27 millionin committed investments, bringing the programme’s total investment to OMR 85 million. Signed on the sidelines of the 19thAnnual Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Forum in Bahrain, with a diverse set oflocal, regional and international polymer manufacturers, the agreements cement the commercial ecosystem that converts locally produced polymers into higher-value products.
This milestone expandsLadayn’s portfolio, reinforces the country’s downstream industrial capabilitiesand signalsrising regional confidence in Oman’s emerging role as a reliable, cost-competitive hub for downstream polymer manufacturing.
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International Regulators Convene in Abu Dhabi for the 2025 Global Financial Regulators Summit to Discuss Private Credit Market
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 9th December 2025: The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM hosted the 4th edition of the Global Financial Regulators Summit during Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025, convening senior regulatory representatives from the MENA, European and Asian regions. Several major players from the US industry were also invited to share experience and views.
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Parallel Strategic Agreements to Advance Digital Asset Ecosystem in ADGM
Franklin Templeton, Finstreet Limited, and ADI DLT Foundation Announce Parallel Strategic Agreements to Advance Digital Asset Ecosystem in ADGM
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 9 December 2025 – Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest asset management companies, Finstreet Limited with its regulated entities, which constitute an Abu Dhabi-based Financial Market Infrastructure group; designing the next generation of regulated investment rails for global and capital markets, and ADI Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering governments and institutions in emerging markets through blockchain infrastructure solutions, today jointly announce the signing of two separate but parallel Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs).
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