Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Comment & Analysis

Global Investment Management Industry Continues To Face A Regulatory Avalanche Of Disparate Rules: KPMG Report

July 18, 2012

In its fourth annual analysis of global financial regulations, KPMG, the audit, tax and advisory firm, says investment managers continue…

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Comment & Analysis

Rich to lose half their wealth by 2014

July 18, 2012

"Massive wealth destruction coming," warns Hong Kong economist Marc Faber, one of many "Dr. Dooms" we've featured over the years.…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Bahrain Boosts Investor Confidence

July 18, 2012

Global investor confidence in Bahrain is boosted by the success of a recent $1.5 B bond issue. The first conventional…

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Comment & Analysis

Transparency in Corporate Reporting index ranks the world's 105 largest companies

July 10, 2012

Transparency International have ranked the world's 105 largest companies in their Transparency in Corporate Reporting index. Researchers evaluated each organisation…

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Exotic Investments

Michael Jackson memoribilia part of U.S. case against African leader

July 10, 2012

The U.S. government’s recent filing in Los Angeles for civil forfeiture in an attempt to recover $71 million from Equatorial…

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Fraud & Ethics

UAE banks to complete due diligence on accounts of Syrians

July 9, 2012

Abu Dhabi Banks and financial institutions operating in the UAE will do a full due dilgence by Sunday in compliance…

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FinTech

Bank Sohar Selects Path's iMal System

July 8, 2012

  Bank Sohar has announced that they have inked pact at a signing ceremony in Muscat, Oman.    As per…

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Fraud & Ethics

Financial fraud: When gatekeepers see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil

July 8, 2012

Last fall, I argued that the violent reaction to Occupy and other protests around the world had to do with…

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Legal

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issues new finance laws

July 4, 2012

KSA; Al Tamimi & Company has learned that on 2nd July 2012 the Saudi Council of Ministers issued a package…

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Islamic Finance

Islamic finance to be probed

July 3, 2012

There is no doubt that Islamic finance is maturing into a global phenomenon with increasing appetite for Islamic instruments and…

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Legal

Dla Piper welcomes new markets law

July 3, 2012

  Tomorrow the DFSA's new Markets Law comes into effect and will have a far reaching impact on the financial…

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Comment & Analysis

Fitch affirms Turkey's large private banks

July 2, 2012

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of Turkey's four largest privately-owned banks - Turkiye…

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