04/08/2012
Former Union Bancaire Privee Execs to lead Jefferies new Dubai office
He joins the firm from Union Bancaire Privee, where he spent 11 years and was CEO of the Qatar office and Managing Director of Dubai.
04/08/2012
An active member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikha Hessa gained her Bachelor's degree in Management (1998), and her Masters degree in Social Policy and Planning (2002) both from the London School of Economics and Political Scienc
04/04/2012
JP Morgan appoints MENA corporate banking head
04/03/2012
Mimaroglu, 37, has left Credit Suisse and will join UBS in Istanbul on May 1, the person said, declining to be identified because the hiring hasn’t been publicly disclosed. Dominique Gerster, a spokesman for UBS in Zurich, declined to comment.
04/02/2012
Acquisition of lender's UAE operations subject to regulatory approval
03/30/2012
Prior to joining QIB he held various senior roles at Al Rajhi Bank for about eight years.
03/29/2012
With over 24 years of asset management experience, Favrin will report to Mohamed Al Khoori, executive director, at the Internal Equities Department.
03/28/2012
In addition to managing PineBridge’s regional operations, Mr. Al Zain will serve on PineBridge’s Executive Committee.
03/28/2012
"The new phase aims at unifying the management teams within our two Islamic arms," Rick Pudner, group CEO of Emirates NBD, said in a statement.
03/26/2012
Employers in Abu Dhabi and Qatar offer as much as 30 percent more money than their counterparts in Dubai to attract candidates because of the cost of living, according to a human resources expert.
03/26/2012
Hashel, who has been the deputy governor for several years, was promoted to acting governor last month after former central bank chief Shaikh Salem Abdul Aziz Al Sabah resigned in protest against a steep rise in spending.
03/21/2012
Staff at HSBC Middle East have received an email today announcing immediate company plans to implement redundancies, Arabian Business has learned.
03/21/2012
He was deputy chief executive of the fund since 2006, was also mostly recently the chief executive of Bahrain-based labour fund Tamkeen, Mumtalakat said in a statement.
03/20/2012
Libya, Egypt and Tunisia have seen renewed interest in Islamic finance since last year's uprisings toppled governments which neglected or discouraged the industry for ideological reasons. Oman announced last May that it would introduce Islamic financ
03/20/2012
The family rules Bahrain and many ministerial jobs in the Gulf Arab island kingdom are held by family members.
03/19/2012
In the mid-1990’s he co-established the Middle East Capital Group in Lebanon, the region’s first merchant bank with a pan-Arab focus.
03/19/2012
Continuing on the growth path it has been following these last years, the BI-SAM group will communicate throughout 2012 about its ambitious 3 to 5 years strategic growth plan.
03/15/2012
started her career in banking with Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
03/14/2012
He most recently served as Regional Director Middle East & North Africa at Willis Re, and has previously worked as a Middle East treaty underwriter at reinsurer SOREMA
03/13/2012
Emirates NBD ENBD.AD, Dubai's largest bank which has been grappling with impairments, plans to lay off up to 15 percent of its workforce, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.