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Conyers Honoured for Excellence in Client Services at MENA FM Fund Services Awards 2015

The awards ceremony was held on 27 January in Dubai and paid tribute to the service providers who have shaped the MENA fund industry in 2014.

UAE Insurance Authority issues regulations to traditional and Takaful insurers

H. E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Insurance Authority said the UAE is the first to adopt the latest solvency requirements in the Middle East.

Saraya Bandar Jissah signs financing pact with Bank of Beirut

The partnership between Bank of Beirut and Saraya Bandar Jissah will make residential property ownership readily accessible to new home buyers, with a number of flexible financing options available.

Sport Capital sues GFH for £33m over failed Leeds takeover bid

The Sport Capital group - a consortium featuring ex-Leeds managing director David Haigh and Andrew Flowers, MD of United shirt sponsor Enterprise Insurance - spent almost three months attempting to push the buy-out through but saw the deal fall apart in J

New Qualification Framework For Finance Professionals Eyed

CISI Signs MoU With Kuwait’s CMA

Bank Muscat raises awareness on corporate fraud

Bank Muscat in association with the Economic Crime Unit of the Criminal Enquires and Investigation Directorate of the Royal Oman Police hosted a forum on fraud awareness and prevention at the bank’s head office.

Tehran Investment Firm To Launch 1st Iranian ETF

Turquoise Partners said its brokerage subsidiary Firouzeh Asia has obtained a license

Kuwait freezes assets of former AUB chairman

Kuwaiti authorities have reportedly issued orders to freeze the property and assets of the former head of a Bahraini bank.

CISI Signs MOU with Kuwait Capital Markets Authority to Introduce Certification Standards

Financial services professionals in Kuwait to benefit from enhancements in their product and markets knowledge

2015 Offshore Law Forum

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UAE Insolvency Law: Priority for business growth

New legislation rumoured to address financial deregulation, preventative composition of bankruptcy and bankruptcy

Bank Leumi hit by lawsuit from shareholders over U.S. tax settlement

Shareholders in Israel's Bank Leumi are seeking to file a class action lawsuit worth about 475 million shekels against the bank over its handling of a U.S. probe into alleged tax evasion

UAE Central Bank develops Credit Sentiment Survey

A series of multiple choice questions were addressed to a sample of Senior Credit Officers within all financial institutions

2015 Offshore Law Forum

You are invited to join us at the Capital Club, DIFC for breakfast and our 2015 offshore law forum. Senior lawyers from Conyers’ global network will review trends in our jurisdictions and topical matters for investment structures in the MENA market

Central bank highlights areas to issue new rules for insurance and takaful

Abdul Rahman Al Baker, executive director for financial institutions supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain, has said that the central bank has labelled several areas in which it plans to issue new insurance and takaful rules in coming years

Israel’s Bank Leumi Under Investigation After $400 Million Settlement with USA

The criminal investigations conducted by the United States Department of Justice revealed that from at least 2000 until early 2011

Dentons wins ‘Cross Border Deal of the Year’ and ‘Qatar Deal of the Year’ at Islamic Finance news Awards 2014

Dentons has won two significant awards at the IFN Deals of the Year 2014

Tough choice for Bank Leumi US customers

American customers with unreported accounts will now find it costly to own up, but perhaps even more costly if they don't.

PASHA Bank gains regulatory approval to buy TAIB Yatirim Bank

PASHA Bank, the Azerbaijani investment bank, has received permission from the Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) to acquire a controlling stake in TAIB Yatirim Bank (TAIB Bank” from Aksoy Holding

UAE stocks regulator weighs stricter reporting measures

The federal stock market regulator is mulling a plan to halve the period allowed for public companies to report earnings

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