06/08/2014
The central bank of the United Arab Emirates plans to introduce new rules on liquidity and begin consulting with banks on a new capital regime which is in line with the Basel III framework in the second half of 2014, it said on Sunday.
06/06/2014
Another of the Qatari bid committee’s legal advisers, magic circle firm Clifford Chance, is not understood to be advising on the recent claims
05/29/2014
Its rules detail the treatment of subsidiaries when calculating a bank's capital adequacy requirements and explain the use of subordinated debt, which can count towards Tier 1 core or Tier 2 supplementary capital.
05/28/2014
The lawsuit, Arab Bank v. Linde, which was filed a decade ago, accuses Arab Bank
05/28/2014
ACC Middle East will now offer its members access to enhanced online resources and connections to corporate counsel worldwide
05/28/2014
Arab Bank said the judge’s ruling was forcing it to choose between running afoul of the U.S. court and violating bank secrecy laws in Lebanon, Jordan and other countries.
05/26/2014
GFH Capital said Dubai Police's investigations are ongoing, adding that it was "not appropriate" to comment in any detail on their inquiries at the moment.
05/25/2014
Barclays’ fundraising meant it was able to escape a government bailout during the financial crisis.
05/23/2014
GFH bought the football club from former owner Ken Bates in December 2012
05/19/2014
The UAE's market regulator, the Securities and Commodities Authority, has been liberalising securities rules since 2012
05/19/2014
Bahrain's central bank is finalising rules for the supervision of sharia-compliant advisory firms, part of a wider overhaul of standards as the Gulf state steps up its efforts in Islamic finance.
05/18/2014
The agency has detected some funds which have been sent through illegal banking channels to Hong Kong and China and legal replies from these countries would b.e obtained to take the probe further
05/16/2014
National Bank of Abu Dhabi only Gulf bank still transferring funds into and out of Sudan, says Arab League Economic Affairs unit secretary-general
05/15/2014
The scheme is part of a strategic plan for Qatar's financial sector developed by the country's three regulatory bodies, which they aim to implement by the year 2016.
05/12/2014
Qatar's financial regulator bans, fines senior JP Morgan exec
A senior JP Morgan executive has been fined $20,000 and banned from being employed by any company operating in the Qatar Financial Centre over acts of "serious misconduct".
05/12/2014
The UK fraud office stepped up its probe into British bank Barclays Plc's dealings with Qatar, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Officials at Barclays were not immediately available for comment Sunday afternoon. Bob Diamond and John Varley, b
05/09/2014
Administrators of a collapsed Bahraini bank have filed a $1.9 billion lawsuit against a Saudi conglomerate caught up in a global fight over massive debts.
05/08/2014
Bahrain's GFH appeals Kuwait market regulator monitoring
Kuwait's regulator noticed GFH stock traded in high volumes in May 2013, the Islamic investment firm said in a statement late on Wednesday. The company's shares are listed in both Bahrain and Kuwait.
05/07/2014
King & Spalding Recruits Finance Lawyeri to Its Saudi Practice
Al-Farisi is rejoining King & Spalding from Confluent Law Group, an Iraqi legal consultancy, where he was a managing partner.
05/02/2014
UAE strengthens enforcement against money laundering
The UAE has taken steps to clear up concerns about money laundering in the region with new rules clamping down on illicit financial flows.