11/07/2014
“Large Swiss banks are managing accounts belonging to thousands of Israelis holding millions of euros,” the authority said in an emailed statement Wednesday. “The suspicion is that most of the money in the accounts hasn’t been repo
11/05/2014
Permanent Committee for Streamlining Business Environment made major steps towards improving business media in the country, Kuwait Foreign Investment Bureau Director General Sheikh Dr. Mishaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said Monday.
11/05/2014
As a result, every US passport holder living in Kuwait is now responsible to pay taxes to the IRS
11/05/2014
Premier client’s personal adviser loses appeal in embezzlement case
The Dubai Appeal Court rejected M.H.’s appeal and upheld the five-year imprisonment against him.
11/05/2014
Israel arrested 14 people, including a senior UBS investment adviser, as part of an investigation into Israelis allegedly holding undisclosed bank accounts with UBS worth hundreds of millions of euros
11/03/2014
U.S. probing Standard Chartered over Dubai banking -sources
U.S. authorities are investigating London-based Standard Chartered Plc for potential U.S. sanctions violations connected to its banking for Iranian-controlled entities in Dubai, according to people familiar with the probe.
11/03/2014
Leading UAE law firm Appoints Chief Operating Officer
He has over 20 years' experience in senior management and leadership roles and most recentlyjoins from Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP, where he was Chief Operating Officer for the firm in the region.
11/02/2014
The Internal Audit sector in the Department of Economic Development ( DED ) has issued a Government Employee Handbook on the specific mechanism ways of managing finances within any government institution.
11/02/2014
The acquittal was a setback in the seven-year, U.S. campaign to curtail offshore tax evasion.
11/02/2014
Six taxpayers testified as government witnesses
10/31/2014
Claims Barclays 'hatched a fraudulent' scheme
10/31/2014
A judgement accompanying the award said that the defendants falsified accounts.
10/30/2014
Burgan Bank, Kuwait’s third-largest lender by assets, has received regulatory approval to launch a KD21.6 million rights issue by the end of 2014, it said in a bourse filing on Thursday.
10/29/2014
Complying with evolving U.S. economic sanctions and anti-money laundering regulations is an existential issue for Lebanese and Arab banks, bankers and legal experts said Tuesday at the 2014 annual forum for the heads of compliance units at Arab banks and
10/27/2014
The release of this standard was swiftly followed in July by the publication of a final and complete version of IFRS 9
10/26/2014
Cyber Risk Services and Crisis Management round out broad portfolio Deloitte considers cyber risk services to rank among its most important offerings in the marketplace.
10/26/2014
Efforts to promote the use of Bitcoin in the UAE have stalled amid uncertainty over how it is regulated here and in the wider region.
10/26/2014
The agreement puts in place a mechanism for cooperation between the two banks on regulatory matters
10/24/2014
Leading Omani Law Firm triumphs at IFLR Middle East Awards 2014
The firm scooped the 'Equity Team of the year' award in the face of strong competition from UAE-based legal powerhouses, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Latham and Watkins.
10/22/2014
But one centre has appealed to ADGM more than the others: Singapore