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Gulf states are spending billions to attract tourists
April 24th, 2017
Gulf states are spending billions of dollars creating ambitious strategies to attract visitors as tourism becomes a stronger plank of their economies. This week’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai will show the changing face of the industry as entertainment ...
The US$200 million investment scam; hunt is on
April 13th, 2017
Investigators looking into a financial scam that took Dubai residents for tens of thousands of dollars have shifted their focus to recovering about US$200 million (Dh734.5m). The sum is believed to have been siphoned from a Dubai branch of ...
IBM Launches Blockchain Platform for US Oil Trade
April 7th, 2017
Technology giant IBM has developed a blockchain trade finance platform alongside a bank and a commodity trading house to settle deals using the blockchain solution. Singaporean commodities trading house Trafigura and French bank Natixis join IBM in the innovative ...
Middle East and North Africa region visitors rate to grow higher than the world average
March 27th, 2017
Visitors to the MENA region will total 195 million by 2030, growing at a rate higher than the world average, according to figures by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The rapid development of the sector will form part of ...
IG Group reports revenue was ahead in all regions except the UK; Q3 Trading Update
March 23rd, 2017
IG Group (“IG”, “the Company”), a global leader in online trading, today issues the following Trading Update for the three months to 28 February 2017, the third quarter of its 2017 financial year. The trends and figures highlighted below ...
ESMA to cooperate with non-EU Regulators on CCPs
March 21st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoUs establish cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) which are established and ...
Rising demand for chartered accountants in Middle East
March 9th, 2017
As business models become more complex and sophisticated, every enterprise needs qualified professionals to help them invest, develop and grow prudently. Since 1961, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) has been playing a pivotal role in meeting ...
Breaking: Saxo Bank is closing Cyprus Office
March 8th, 2017
Saxo Bank has just announced that the company is closing its office in Limassol, Cyprus. The online investment bank regulated in EU and headquartered in Copenhagen, is operating in financial centers around the world. Saxo Bank opened its Cyprus ...
Two leading global law firms to merge
February 23rd, 2017
Combination brings together two leading global law firms US practice will have approximately 1,000 lawyers New York office will rank among the city’s 25 largest with more than 300 lawyers Washington, DC office will grow to more than 130 ...
Salaries in the Middle East to see slight increase in 2017
February 9th, 2017
The strongest salary growth of 3 per cent is expected in the procurement and supply chain sector Salaries in the Middle East are anticipated to increase by an average of 2 per cent this year, according to a new ...
