Bank of Sharjah P.J.S.C. (BOS:ADX), Sharjah’s second biggest bank by net assets, has announced the completion of a senior five-year unsecured fixed-rate notes issue totaling US$ 500 million (AED 1.84b), under the bank’s new Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) programme. Pricing was set at 250 basis points over mid-swaps (a benchmark for calculating bids) to yield at 4.23 percent. Bank ...

The enhancement of Sharjah’s business links with Macedonia was the subject under discussion at a recent roundtable meeting hosted by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq). The event was one in a series of meetings being undertaken by the department throughout the year to explore initiatives that will lead to mutual benefits for countries that ally themselves to Sharjah’s economic ...

Hamriyah Free Zone Authority has launched ‘Sharjah Food Park’, a regional hub for the Middle East and North Africa’s multi-billion dollar food industry, dedicated to food import, export, storage, manufacture and packaging. The new world class zone will be the region’s largest dedicated facility for food industries, covering a total area of 11 million square metres (118 million square feet), and ...