Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Comment & Analysis

Al Baraka and World Bank to begin research on risk-management challenges facing Islamic banking

August 5, 2014

Mr. Abayomi Alawode, Head of Islamic Finance at the World Bank Al Baraka Banking Group has announced its collaboration with…

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Comment & Analysis

UAE banks’ practices are unfair and unethical

August 5, 2014

There is a serious misuse of the law that has been going on in the UAE, one that has not…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Reforms will make UAE stock market listings more competitive

August 4, 2014

With new rules introduced last month by the Ministry of Economy, observers say an important step has been taken towards…

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Insurance

Qatar Central Bank introduces mechanism to insure deposits

July 30, 2014

The Qatar Central Bank  recently introduced several new measures to strengthen the regulations governing the banking and insurance sectors and…

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Comment & Analysis

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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