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UAE, Panama among countries praised for 'strong progress' towards tax transparency

June 30, 2017

Global tax watchdogs have praised the progress made towards tax transparency by a number of previously 'non-compliant' jurisdictions.30 Jun 2017…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Egypt borrows $200m from Afreximbank

June 29, 2017

Banque Misr, Egypt’s second largest state-run bank, signed yesterday a $200 million loan agreement with the African Export- Import Bank…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

GIB Granted Retail Banking Licence in Bahrain

June 29, 2017

Gulf International Bank is pleased to announce that it has been granted a conventional retail banking licence in the Kingdom…

Legal

Bahrain expands its capacity to fight international tax avoidance and evasion

June 29, 2017

Today, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance of Bahrain signed…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

The mysterious fall in Saudi foreign reserves

June 28, 2017

Net foreign assets at Saudi Arabia's central bank, a measure of its ability to support its currency, look set to…

Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Foreign exchanges in many countries are refusing Qatari riyals

June 28, 2017

Many banks and foreign exchange companies outside of Qatar are now refusing to buy Qatari riyals, Doha News has learned.…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Qatar riyal FX market in chaos but bankers believe peg still solid

June 28, 2017

Economic sanctions and poor liquidity have created chaos in the foreign exchange market for Qatari riyals, with the currency trading…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

The mysterious (and continuing) fall in Saudi foreign reserves

June 28, 2017

Net foreign assets at Saudi Arabia’s central bank, a measure of its ability to support its currency, look set to…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

CB says Qatar-Gulf crisis could pose threat to remittance inflows

June 27, 2017

The Central Bank last week expressed concern over the prolonged diplomatic spat between Qatar and its Arab neighbours as the…

Islamic Finance

Dana debacle highlights need for unified Islamic finance regulator

June 26, 2017

Islamic finance was set to be the wave of the future after the global financial crisis because it concerned real,…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

GCC a regional trendsetter on credit bureaus

June 26, 2017

The 2008 financial crisis exposed the complex inter-linkages between credit risk, market risk and liquidity, thereby escalating the need to…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Qatar banks 'well-placed to weather crisis'

June 26, 2017

Qatar's banking industry is "reasonably well-placed” to weather the effects of the current economic blockade and has already begun adjusting…

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