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Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.

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Net income rose to $36.4 million, a 17% YoY increase.

Qatar Airways annual profit $2bn

This was a record 28% jump in annual net profit.

UAE, Saudi pension systems improve performance on 2022 Mercer CFA Index

The index compares pension systems on three sub-indices: Adequacy, Sustainability, and Integrity.
  • The CFA Institute said the index highlights both the considerable diversity and the positive features present in many systems.
  • The study also confirms that no pension system is perfect and that every system has shortcomings.

The 2022 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index compares 44 retirement income systems against more than 50 indicators and benchmarks and on three sub-indices: Adequacy, Sustainability, and Integrity. The CFA Institute said the index highlights both the considerable diversity and the positive features present in many systems. The study also confirms that no pension system is perfect and that every system has shortcomings. TRENDS looks at how Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the biggest economies in the Arabian Gulf, perform on the index: