Bank of London and Middle East

BLME acquires property for its light industrial building fund

Bank of London and Middle East - BLME - is going to acquire a multi-let site property with six tentants for its Light Industrial Building Fund. This investment will bring the gross asset value of the fund over £20 million and an annualised yield of over eight per cent from the new acquisition which should help to achieve or even exceed target return of the fund, according to BLME Director Asset Management.

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Amanie Advisors opens Egypt office

Amanie Advisors opened a new office in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, having as purpose to captalise on the considerable business potential in Egypt and North Africa advising bankers and fund managers.
Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar is administring the Amanie Advisors group.
Dr. Bakar is also the Chairman of Shariah Advisory Board of Central Bank of Malaysia and Securities Commission of Malaysia as well a member of Shariah board of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI); Morgan Stanley (Dubai); Noor Islamic Bank and Takaful (Dubai); Bank of London and Middle East (London); and Jadwa-Rusell Islamic Funds (Riyad), amongst others.

London sharia bank targets well-off Gulf clients: BLME CEO

Sharia-compliant Bank of London and the Middle East (BLME) is targeting the thousands of rich Gulf residents who spend part of the year in London, to boost its private banking arm, its head told Reuters. The Bank will offer investors access to leased assets such as equipment, trucks, railway carriages and aeroplanes. The Bank's customers will invest in short-term revolving finance facilities, which allow a borrower to draw down and repay amounts for short periods throughout the life of the facility.

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