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Dubai Crisis
Dubai Crisis
Submitted By:Satya Kam Jawal & Abhishek Saxena BBA Vth Sem(Finance)
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DEBT Trap
To become world flashy city state owned companies accumulated debt of over $80 billion (126% of Dubais GDP). Out of this, Dubai World the state owned company have $60 billion of debt(short term paper) from Worlds Top Banks . So, any sort of default is sure to send tremor to the fragile financial market. Crisis began when investor of Nakheel ,a real estate developer flagship of Dubai World considering deferring the payment of Islamic bond sukuk that is to come up for payment on 14th December. This irritated the investors and they pressed the panic button. The crisis in Dubai triggered sell off across the world. Dubai surprised the financial markets when it asked creditors of Dubai World to agree to a six-month standstill on debt payments for debt totaling > $80 Billion.
BURJ KHALIFA
PALM JUMEREIAH
4. BANK OF BARODA: The bank has exposure in Dubai real estate which is to the tune of 5-6% of the total loan book. Bank of Baroda has 10 branches in the region. 5. OMAXE: The real estate developer is planning to exit two real estate projects in Dubai. Company has planned an investment of Rs 2850 crore. 6. SPICE JET: Dubai World investment arm Istithmar holds 13% stake in the Spice Jet. 7. ABAN OFFSHORE: The Company has deployed 6 rigs in the West Asia. 8. GEOJIT FINANCE: Kerala based brokerage firm has major client base in the Middle East region. Any crisis in the region will affect its top line. 9. FEDERAL BANK: South Indian bank does major business from the Middle East region. It provide for the remittance and other service. Any problem will directly or indirectly hit the bank
CONCLUSION
The situation is very fluid and time is difficult for Dubai. Dubai World is probably in a mess due to cash-flow mismatch. Inspite of all these, experts hope that it is possible to recover.It comes out of past experience. Dubai had faced similar economic crisis in 1999.Then Abudhabhi, another emirette in UAE, had helped Dubai by lending a loan of $1,00,000.Abudhabhi is a financially stable country..It can help. But the quantum of need this time is muchmore than it was in 1999.Just on 29th,November,Abudhabhi has announced that it would consider the financing aspect,item wise, taking each main transaction on merits.It has also clarified,it is not going to take full responsibility of all loans.
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