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Ajman Bank signs MoU with GII-REIT

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MUSCAT: Ajman Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GII-REIT, through which the bank will offer the investment in the fund to its customers. GII-REIT is the first real estate investment trust belonging to Gulf Islamic Investments (GII). Hani Sabri, Head of Investment at Ajman Bank, said: “signing of the memorandum of understanding with GII-REIT comes within the framework of Ajman Bank’s continuous endeavour to meet the needs of a diverse base of clients, through offering innovative and Sharia-compliant investment opportunities and solutions that are commensurate with the investment objectives of the clients and are in line with their capabilities to withstand the various risks.


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Omar Mirza, the CEO GII Islamic REIT, mentioned they are in the process of on-boarding 6 properties in Dubai right now, across residential, commercial and industrial sectors, totalling around $200 million, and have identified a further pipeline of $350 million of high income generating properties in UAE. So, the $50 million being invested by Ajman Bank, will get deployed immediately in purchasing some of the properties they have short listed. Almost all properties we are investing in, comes with 3 to 5 year head leases, in order to eliminate or minimise vacancy risk for the REIT.


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