Deloitte: Investment interest in Iraq continues despite complex regulatory environment
Iraq continues to be a complex jurisdiction in which to operate, and this is the case from a tax perspective,…
Regulation, Risk & Compliance
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Abu Dhabi Global Market makes senior appointments in regulatory authority
Abu Dhabi Global Market has announced the appointments of Thomas Hirschi as Executive Director of Banking and Insurance and Philippe…
Islamic banks in Lebanon need new rules-Al Baraka
Islamic lenders will find it difficult to compete in Lebanon's banking sector without regulatory amendments to support growth of the…
Private Wealth Middle East Conference
Group Partner and Head of Fiduciary, Angela Calnan, will be speaking at the Private Client Middle East Conference in Dubai…
National Bank of Kuwait gets c.bank assent for capital-boosting bond
National Bank of Kuwait has received central bank approval to issue capital-boosting bonds worth up to 125 million dinars ($413.6…
StanChart aims to hire financial crime compliance staff in Middle East
Standard Chartered plans to hire several financial crime-fighting staff in the Middle East, according to online jobs postings, as it…
Qatar’s D-SIBS banks to maintain more capital
Qatar’s ‘systematically important’ banks are required to maintain additional capital charge from next year. Effective from 2016, the domestic…
Emirates NDB mulls establishment of Islamic banking unit in RI
Emirates NBD, the Middle East’s largest banking group by assets, is considering establishing a new Islamic banking center in Indonesia,…
Standard Chartered faces new scrutiny over Iran business ties
Standard Chartered Bank continued to do business with Iran and Iranian –related companies, even after committing in 2007 to stop…
DIFC welcomes first Filipino bank
Dubai International Financial Centre, the financial and business gateway between the Middle East, Africa and Asia, today welcomed BDO Unibank…
Israel and Australia to negotiate tax treaty
There is no tax treaty between Australia and Israel, but the lack will soon be made good, according to an…
FDI limit in private sector banks likely to go up
To increase foreign funds inflows into the country, the government is said to be considering to relax investment norms by…