02/22/2012
DIFC aims to double in five years
Although no financial details were released along with the operating review, Mr Al Awar sought to reassure bondholders that a US$1.25 billion (Dh4.59bn) sukuk repayable in June would be met.
02/21/2012
Swiss Re applies for DIFC licence
This will be a first for the global reinsurer, which has never had an office in the Mena region before.
02/17/2012
No plan to restrict DIFC Business
The tax-free DIFC business park is home to the regional offices of banks including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley.
01/29/2012
The application for an order in this first international enforcement case was made to the DIFC Courts by the beneficiary of a judgment made by the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs in the Kingdom of Bahrain and it concerned access to accounts at two
01/26/2012
The CCO Forum agenda has been specifically tailored to address the unique needs of Middle Eastern institutions, including Islamic banking structures as well as sovereign wealth funds, family offices and takaful insurance.
01/25/2012
The Allen & Overy team was led by Riyadh-based managing partner Julian Johansen, who was supported by senior associate Jonathan Ibraaheem Marshall.
01/16/2012
Dubai's financial regulator has had its remit extended to make it responsible for combating money laundering and terrorist financing
01/05/2012
As the first local brokerage firm licensed by the Securities and Commodities Authority to provide advisory services to its customers, Al Ramz can help existing and potential customers make sound investment decisions based on scientific grounds and princip
01/04/2012
The financing, provided by a club of conventional and Islamic banks, comprised both an Islamic tranche structured on a diminishing musharaka basis and a conventional tranche.
01/03/2012
The troubled mortgage company is actually two related firms called UM Financial Inc. and UM Capital Inc.
12/29/2011
Ernst & Young MENA Tax Leaders highlighted that tax authorities in the region have begun to depart from earlier accepted and expected tax norms.
12/28/2011
His story is exemplary of the whistleblower-like firings and resignations that have graced headlines since the days of Enron.
12/08/2011
The ruling is a blow to the now state-owned firm, which has seen a slew of lawsuits filed against it in recent months, and may have significant implications for dozens of investors and trade creditors.
12/06/2011
Following losses incurred by end of September
11/24/2011
DUBAI International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts and the region’s leading legal research experts, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Gulf, today held the first "Women in the Law & Judiciary" panel discussion in the region.
11/17/2011
The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday suspended trading in the shares of 50 firms, about a quarter of those listed on the bourse, for not reporting their financial results on time.
11/17/2011
Following the rule that all non FATCA compliant might be subject to 30pc US withholding tax
11/11/2011
Ms. Al Owais was officially recognised at the IBA meeting held in Dubai last week
11/10/2011
The charge is in relation with the 66-year-old trader's shady involvement in a case slapped against Reliance Industries
10/28/2011
The senior member of the royal family was arrested Monday for corruption in relation to alleged shady deals over contracts for Australian alumina imports.