finance
Dubai Financial Market Trading Rose 22%, but Reported Profit Fell: The Accounting Behind the Gap
Dubai Financial Market 9M 2026 results: AED162bn traded value, AED586.4m pre-tax profit and why a 2025 one-off distorts comparisons.
Author
Layla Al Mansoori
UAE Companies Editor, Gulf Business Review
Layla Al Mansoori covers UAE companies, investment and trade, with close attention to how group-level announcements translate into operating activity in individual emirates.
The beat is reported from official statistics, regulator publications, company filings and named institutional research. Forecasts, commitments and completed outcomes are labelled separately.
Layla's UAE coverage keeps corporate group announcements tied to the place where activity actually occurs. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, individual free zones and the wider federation can represent different legal, regulatory and operating contexts, so she avoids turning an emirate-level development into a national claim without evidence.
She also follows the distance between investment language and delivery. Partnerships, memoranda, capital commitments and operating assets are treated as different stages, with company disclosures and official records used to establish what has moved from announcement into commercial activity.
Articles by Layla Al Mansoori
investment
UAE-Canada Trade Deal Opens a New Corridor, but $70 Billion Is Still a Commitment
Canada and the UAE signed a trade agreement in October 2026. What tariff cuts, the CAD 70bn investment commitment and DP World plans mean for Gulf capital.
industry
ADNOC Targets AED90bn in Local Manufacturing as Procurement Rules Tighten
ADNOC's Local+ procurement policy could shift manufacturing opportunities toward UAE-based suppliers.
companies
Abu Dhabi Wants Faster Business Launches. Its Customs Data Offer a Measurable Test
The emirate is shifting attention from licence issuance to the time it takes firms to operate. Pre-arrival customs clearance reached 89% in the first half of 2026, but full investor journey times remain undisclosed.
technology
Abu Dhabi's AI-Native Government Plan Is Becoming a Workforce Programme
The emirate's new AiNative programme aims to train 20,000 government employees by year-end with OpenAI, Microsoft and MBZUAI. The harder test is whether training changes procurement, workflows and measurable public-sector output.
policy
Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Dies Aged 76 as Dubai Begins 10 Days of Mourning
The younger brother of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is remembered for decades of public service spanning Dubai's security institutions, the UAE's early military development, business and sport.
investment
Gulf Sovereign Capital & Project Index: Funds, National Champions and Delivery
A maintained research index connecting Gulf sovereign wealth funds, state-backed companies and major projects while separating commitments from delivered assets.
technology
UAE Data Centre Tracker: Stargate, Khazna, Microsoft and the Race for AI Capacity
A sourced tracker of major UAE data-centre and AI infrastructure projects, including Stargate UAE, Khazna and Microsoft-G42 capacity.
companies
Talabat's Q2 Results Show the Scale of Gulf On-Demand Commerce
Talabat's Q2 2026 results show the scale of its eight-market MENA delivery platform. We examine revenue, GMV, customer density and what growth means in the Gulf.
finance
What Is the UAE Sovereign Financial Cloud, and Why Does It Matter for Banks?
The Central Bank of the UAE and Core42 are building dedicated cloud infrastructure for the financial sector, turning data sovereignty and operational resilience into shared financial infrastructure.
economy
The UAE Outlook Is Strong, but the Forecast Is Not the Result
Central-bank projections point to continued growth; recorded national accounts remain the evidence for what occurred.
finance
UAE Credit Growth Needs a Borrower Map
Bank balance sheets can expand through property, government entities, households or private companies, with very different implications for the economy.
policy
UAE Corporate Tax Makes Entity Boundaries Commercially Important
Group structure, free-zone status and qualifying income require facts at legal-entity level, not broad labels.
economy
Moderate UAE Inflation Still Contains Local Pressure Points
The central bank expects contained inflation, while rent and imported costs can differ sharply by emirate and company.
companies
The UAE Construction Pipeline Needs Four Labels
Announced, awarded, under-construction and completed projects create different revenue outcomes.
investment
The UAE's Non-Oil Trade Scale Matters, but the Mix Matters More
A large trade total confirms the federation's hub role; re-exports, domestic production and logistics services create different economic value.
economy
The UAE's 11.29 Million Population Is a Capacity Test as Much as a Demand Story
How UAE population growth is changing demand for housing, transport, services and business infrastructure, using official population evidence and capacity indicators.
economy
What Sits Behind the UAE's Non-Oil Growth Rate
Finance, manufacturing and construction support the expansion, but federal output cannot be read as a Dubai-only measure.