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BankersLab® Partners with Qarar to Bring Innovative Learning Solutions to the Middle East

May 19, 2015

BankersLab®, a leading provider of simulation-based training for the retail banking industry, today announced a strategic partnership with Dubai advanced…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Corporate PE Structures by Kerri L. Lefebvre, Conyers Dill & Pearman

May 19, 2015

Private equity investment is increasingly popular in the MENA region, with asset values expanding and investors taking bigger stakes. As…

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QIB-UK offers investment solution for London properties

May 19, 2015

With London increasingly becoming a favourite destination for Qatari nationals for business, investment, educational or personal purposes,   QIB strives…

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Islamic Finance

Innovations to leverage opportunities in Islamic funds, investment industry

May 19, 2015

The global Islamic financial markets community gathered Monday at the industry’s flagship event in Manama, Bahrain.    Some 200 international…

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Islamic Finance

State-run banks launch Islamic units, starting with Ziraat Bank

May 19, 2015

Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan announced that the Ziraat Participation Bank will be launched on May 29 with a ceremony…

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Comment & Analysis

Islamic lifestyle: The story has just begun

May 19, 2015

The rapid growth in Islamic population has had a radical impact on the global economy. According to PwC, the global…

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Islamic Finance

Ajman Bank begins transactions on Nasdaq Dubai Murabaha platform for Islamic financing

May 19, 2015

A ceremony to mark the occasion took place at Ajman Bank new Head Office in Ajman attended by Mohamed Amiri,…

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Islamic Finance

Dubai Islamic Bank picks arrangers for potential dollar sukuk

May 19, 2015

 Dubai Islamic Bank has picked six banks to arrange fixed income investor meetings from Thursday for a potential benchmark size,…

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Investment Banking

Basel III: The Banking Regulators' Revenge

May 19, 2015

If there were some in the US and European banking industry who thought they could virtually destroy the global economy…

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Awards and Recognition

ADIB Wins STP Award

May 19, 2015

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has been named the winner of the prestigious Commerzbank's Straight Through Processing (STP) Excellence Award for…

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Financial Results

Commercial International Bank poised for multi-year earnings growth, says RenCap

May 19, 2015

RenCap noted that CIB’s Q1 results were ‘qualitatively stronger than we expected, on growth and NIM in particular’, adding that…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Emirates NBD bonds totalling $951 million list on NASDAQ Dubai

May 19, 2015

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates NBD, said, "As we expand our banking activities in…

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