HSBC Bank Oman appoints Chief Risk Officer
HSBC Bank Oman has announced that Sulaiman bin Said Al Lamki has been appointed as Chief Risk Officer. Supporting the…
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National Bonds Corp appoints new Sharia Supervisory board members
The Sharia board will also review and evaluate the NBC’s contracts, agreements, policies, yearly reports, financial reports, as well as…
Mena task force lauds Qatar’s measures in anti-money laundering
Qatar has said it is committed to the highest standards of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)…
Sukuk will feature in liquidity guidance given to Islamic banks -IFSB
The Malaysia-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) will issue draft guidance by year-end on how Islamic banks, which face a…
US announces changes to the Offshore Voluntary Disclosures Programs
On 18 June the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced major changes to its offshore voluntary compliance programs, resulting in…
Saudis to keep reserve management strategy -c.bank
Saudi Arabia's central bank will keep its current strategy for managing the country's foreign reserves, central bank governor Fahad al-Mubarak…
Saudi Arabia to maintain currency peg to the dollar
Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf reiterated Tuesday at the same news conference that the Kingdom would continue to peg its…
Easy Money Hopes Still Underpin Stocks
Local markets are tipped for a positive start Tuesday as Wall Street managed a modestly higher close in the face…
Number of asset managers to halve by 2030 – KPMG
Nearly half of all asset managers will not exist by 2030 as client demographics, technology and social behaviour undergo rapid…
Bahrain's GFH loses appeal against Kuwait regulator monitoring
Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority has rejected an appeal by Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House against the regulator's decision to monitor its…
Tier 2 sukuk more likely for Bahrain's Islamic banks under Basel III rules
The landscape of Islamic banking is changing along with the shifts in the global regulatory structure as a result of…
GFH loses appeal against Kuwait regulator monitoring
Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority has rejected an appeal by Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House against the regulator’s decision to monitor its…