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Bloomberg<\/a><\/strong> i<\/strong>s out with a deep dive on the UAE\u2019s rise as a global hedge fund <\/strong>ma<\/strong>gnet <\/strong>\u2014 and it\u2019s not just capital doing the pulling. A wave of relocations is being driven by traders themselves, with firms like Dymon Asia, Millennium Management, Point72, and Brevan Howard expanding in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to keep their talent happy. Zero income tax, a globally connected time zone, and expat-friendly policies have helped tip the scales, as well as increasingly stringent regulatory and tax environments in other finance centers like the UK and Singapore.<\/p>\n

Investors are no longer conflating the UAE with the broader Middle East<\/strong>, and despite the current escalating regional conflicts, the \u201cperceived risk to most is greater than what major investors and funds actually factor into decision-making,\u201d said Dubai-based headhunter Rahnpreet Sandhu.<\/span><\/p>\n

ALSO- <\/strong>A push from regional oil giants into<\/strong> LNG dominance also received ink fro<\/strong>m the <\/strong>international press<\/strong>, with Bloomberg<\/a> reporting on Gulf players\u2019, including the UAE\u2019s Adnoc and Saudi\u2019s Aramco, expansion into liquified natural gas markets. LNG\u2019s position as a transition fuel in the renewables drive and its quick growth are behind moves like Adnoc\u2019s USD 18.7 bn bid for Australia\u2019s Santos<\/a>, the business news information service said. Economic diversification efforts and strong margins in the LNG sector were also cited as being behind Gulf plays into the field, previously dominated by US firms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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