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CFA Institute recommends greater transparency in bank financial reporting

July 20, 2014

Banking industrys’ financial reporting requires greater transparency, according to a new study ‘Financial Crisis Insights on Bank Performance Reporting’ by…

Comment & Analysis

Prominence Of Sukuk In Turkey As An Islamic Finance Instrument

July 18, 2014

Turkey's first regulation for Islamic Finance was realized during the 1980s, during a period of liberalization as part of a…

Islamic Finance

Egypt sovereign sukuk law still mired in uncertainty

July 18, 2014

Development of Egypt's Islamic economy continues to be hampered by ambiguity surrounding sukuk, and greater legislative and political clarity is…

Executive Moves

Sheikh Salman is QFC Authority’s new CFTO

July 15, 2014

The Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFC Authority) has announced the appointment of Sheikh Salman Bin Hassan Al Thani as its…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Regulators take aim at murky UAE markets after Arabtec debacle

July 15, 2014

Fifty billion dollars may be enough to trigger major changes to regulation of the Arab world's second biggest stock market.…

Insurance

Takaful: Specific regulations to improve insurance penetration

July 13, 2014

Takaful is experiencing rapid growth in the GCC and some regulators have recently responded by proposing a host of new…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

UAE market regulator shakes up brokerages with new rules

July 12, 2014

The stock market regulator yesterday approved new rules that will shake up the UAE’s brokerage sector, opening the industry up…

Fraud & Ethics

Debt trap in UAE: to repay or to run away?

July 10, 2014

If you are steeped in debt and are thinking of fleeing the UAE, think again. As simplistic as it…

Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Oman insurance regulations credit positive, says Moody’s

July 10, 2014

The draft Takaful law of Oman’s Capital Market Authority proposing companies wishing to operate as a Takaful entity in the…

Awards and Recognition

Turkish Bank Garanti Wins FICO Decision Management Award for Fraud Control

July 9, 2014

FICO Bank, Turkey's second-largest bank, has won the 2014 FICO Decision Management Award in the Fraud Control category. Garanti…

Regulation, Risk & Compliance

SCA sets up body for tighter supervision

July 8, 2014

The Securities and Commodities Authority, or SCA, the UAE’s financial market regulator, has said it would tighten supervision of the…

Legal

Mashreq becomes First Bank in UAE to receive Accreditation from Institute of Internal Auditors, USA

July 7, 2014

Mashreq has announced that its Internal Audit function had been assessed to be in "Conformance" with The IIA's International Standards…

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