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British law firms dominate 2014 sukuk issuance sector
January 2nd, 2015
Allen & Overy, Dentons and other UK law firms are dominating the sukuk issuance sector, along with British banks, even though Malaysia remains the geographical capital. Other leading firms are Linklaters, Slaughter and May, King and Spalding and Clifford ...
DGCX launches three new Emerging Market currency futures
December 29th, 2014
Expanding its suite of Emerging Market (EM) products, the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), today announced the launch of three new currency contracts – Russian Ruble Futures, Korean Won Futures and South African Rand Futures. The new contracts ...
Global Oil: Production, Politics, Price and Pain
December 23rd, 2014
The drop of oil prices in the past six months is all over the headlines with all sorts of opinions about how this is good or bad for economies around the world, consumers and corporations. Like everything there are ...
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets
December 19th, 2014
Emerging market fixed-income and FX markets are poised for a third year of volatility because of a slowing China, strengthening dollar, lower oil prices, the prospect of a US rate hike, and the shortage of investable high yielders, as ...
Accounting fraud
December 17th, 2014
Global Economic Crime Survey 2014 Financial statements are a fundamental barometer of a business — and a traditional starting point for analyses relating to credit decisions, contract awards, and capital raising in public markets. They are the bedrock of ...
Russia’s ruble rout rattles emerging markets
December 16th, 2014
Russia’s currency rout has sent a shudder through global markets and the sell-off is spreading to other emerging markets. The Russian ruble plunged about 12% Monday, while the Indonesian rupiah fell to its lowest level since the 1997 Asian ...
Investec issues apology after analyst’s gaffe
December 11th, 2014
South African bank Investec gave US regulator Benjamin Lawsky a grovelling apology last night, after one of its analysts compared Lawsky’s actions against Standard Chartered to the treatment of Eric Garner – an unarmed black man who died at the ...
KPMG’s record breaking sales fuel more hiring
December 10th, 2014
Big Four accountant KPMG International today announced record-breaking revenues for its worldwide network of $24.82bn (£15.8bn) for the fiscal year ended 30 September – a six per cent increase year-on-year. The Americas delivered the strongest growth over the year, ...
Congress reaches deal for $1.1 trillion U.S. spending bill
December 10th, 2014
Congressional negotiators unveiled a $1.1 trillion U.S. spending bill that aims to avoid a government shutdown at midnight on Thursday and punts an immigration showdown between Republicans and President Barack Obama until February. As the funding deadline loomed, Republicans successfully negotiated ...
‘Global Islamic Economy Indicator’ introduced
December 8th, 2014
DIEDC launches ‘State of Global Islamic Economy Report’ Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), in partnership with Thomson Reuters and in collaboration with the Dinar Standard, has launched the ‘State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIE)’ for the ...
