Dear Reader, This is a landmark year for MENA in that the world’s premier financial services event is for the…
Browsing: Issue 23 September / October 2013
Global growth is projected to remain subdued at slightly above three per cent in 2013, the same as in 2012,…
Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa will moderate to 3.1 per cent this year before recovering to…
The MENA region has this year registered its highest inflows over the past five years On an aggregate basis, its…
Qatar is bidding to become the Gulf region’s financial hub, introducing a new regulatory framework for financial institutions and other…
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, and…
A mere 300 participants attended the first Sibos. Thirty-five years on, more than 7,000 are expected for the world’s premier…
The Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) aims to retain its lead in transaction banking through looking into the future. Here,…
A range of senior positions in banking and treasury in the MENA region are now held by women. PAUL MELLY…
MENA expansion now has the increased support of export credit agencies. MELANIE LOVATT reports Export credit agencies (ECAs) have boosted…
With trade finance very central to banks’ boardrooms in the region at present and topical globally for a variety of…
MUSHTAK PARKER looks at new developments in the field of Islamic finance It may be another sign of the growing maturity…
MENA has a long history of trust in both personal and business dealings. ALEXANDER R. MALAKET, president of OPUS Advisory…