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Browsing: Issue 15 May / June 2012
“For many banks, the question has not been ‘how do I succeed’ but ‘how do I survive’? according to David…
More than $3bn in export credit insurance has been provided over the past year to member countries by the Islamic…
SWIFT has announced the launch of Sanctions Screening, a centralised service for small- and medium-sized financial institutions in need of…
Leading names from the world of international finance were at the third annual Falcon Group trade and corporate finance forum…
Standard Chartered has signed two agreements with Warba Bank to facilitate their transactions in Asia. The announcement comes in light…
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, signed a $855m Import Finance…
Trade corridors between China and the MENA region carry huge economic growth potential for businesses, offering the greatest prospects in…
Transaction banking has never been viewed as an especially glamorous facet of the industry, with most young bankers eschewing careers…
Governments across the Middle East are embracing change. The social justice agenda, which has been rolled out across most of…
The rising levels of transaction banking sophistication throughout the MENA region coincide with an increasing corporate focus on how to…
PAUL MELLY, looks at growing competition in what has traditionally been one of the Gulf’s quieter financial markets News that…
MUSHTAK PARKER looks at a unique new fund raising and liquidity option that has been taking MENA by storm One…
There have been many approaches to corporate governance over the last 20 years, with new approaches constantly suggested. In the…
The scars left behind by the 2008 credit crunch and resulting financial crisis have barely faded and yet 2012 already…
Governments across the Middle East are now looking for ways to help SMEs. MUSHTAK PARKER, looks at what’s in store…