04/24/2023
Turkish Central Bank set to meet for interest rate
In his speech on April 21 in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said both interest rate and inflation would decline.
Legal, Tax, Regulation & Compliance
04/24/2023
UAE free zones launch special rates as new businesses consider mainland options, corporate tax
Free zones line up new incentives as new overseas entities plan launches in UAE
04/20/2023
Doing business in the UAE: an introduction
The UAE is a federation of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Shajah and Umm Al Quwain.
04/19/2023
Oman: CBO issues treasury bills worth $109.1mln
Treasury bills are short-term highly secured financial instruments issued by the Ministry of Finance
04/17/2023
Dubai Court orders KPMG to pay investors $231m over Abraaj fund audit
KPMG Lower Gulf says it has appealed against the decision to a higher court
04/14/2023
MENA economies to expand at a slower pace in 2023 - IMF
For GCC oil exporters higher prices will offset impact of lower growth
04/14/2023
JCB and The Saudi National Bank Sign an Agreement
This step will allow JCB cardholders visiting the Kingdom, whose numbers are increasing in the global markets
04/13/2023
The use of British Virgin Islands Trusts in the Middle East
The BVI specialist trust legislation is the Virgin Islands Special Trusts Act (VISTA), which disengages certain traditional trustee duties in relation to certain trusts that own shares in BVI companies.
04/12/2023
Kuwait partakes in IMF and World Bank forum
About 200 parliamentarians from about 100 countries are participating in the Global Parliamentary Forum
04/05/2023
What the UAE’s corporate tax means for SMEs
Understand a company's revenue stream to know the beneficiary’s identity from a taxation perspective
04/04/2023
Abu Dhabi sees 40% drop in labour dispute cases
The decline in labour cases reflects the success of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department’s campaigns to raise awareness of the legal rights of employees
04/04/2023
Bahrain unveils new ‘golden licence’ to attract investors
The new licence is part of an economic recovery plan launched by the Gulf state in October 2021 to boost investment and job creation
04/03/2023
UAE Central Bank cancels licence of Russia's MTS Bank in Abu Dhabi
The lender will have to wind down its operations within six months from the date of the decision
04/03/2023
Saudi consumer spending rose 10% in February 2023: SAMA
February month saw the Kingdom's POS transactions reaching 633.2 million, which are made through ATMs and credit cards and processed through 1.51 million POS devices.
03/31/2023
ADIB’s Internal Shari’a Supervisory Committee issues over 30 Shari’a certificates
More than thirty certificates were issued, covering various products of Retail Banking including car financing, goods, real estate, investment funds, and investment deposits
03/30/2023
Saudi Arabia’s climate action can help defuse regional conflicts
The rising awareness of the need to combat climate change provides an opportunity to break that vicious cycle.
03/30/2023
Corporate Tax is ‘a good opportunity’ but panel of experts raise red flag on awareness
Discussion session by Corporate Group throws light on challenges in introduction of tax regime and perils for taking it lightly
03/30/2023
UAE's genome project will benefit the entire Arab world
The 10-year genome strategy in the UAE will go hand in hand with the country’s adoption of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies
03/28/2023
St James’s Place set for UAE licence
Firm has received in-principle approval to open an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre
03/28/2023
KPMG publishes eighth edition of the GCC listed banks’ results
Out of all the GCC nations, Qatar had the lowest cost-to-income ratio