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Saudi Market Opening May Help Neighbors
June 15th, 2015
Other Arab countries—including Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates—are likely to be among the major beneficiaries When Saudi Arabia opens up its stock market to foreign investors Monday, the loudest cheers may come from the Persian Gulf country’s ...
Asian shares and euro slip as Greece fails to reach debt deal
June 15th, 2015
Asian shares fell and the euro skidded in Asian trade on Monday, after Greece‘s talks with lenders to avert a default ended with no agreement and Wall Street logged losses ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting. European Union officials ...
New ACCA Middle East team on hand to boost the accountancy profession in the region
June 12th, 2015
To support the development of the accountancy profession and the growing needs of its expanding customer base in the Middle East, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has transformed its regional team to meet the demand. Lindsay Degouve ...
IEA releases Oil Market Report for June
June 12th, 2015
Lower non-OPEC output trims global supply, but production still steeply higher than last year Global oil supplies fell by 155 000 barrels per day (155 kb/d) in May to 96 million barrels per day (mb/d) on lower non-OPEC output, ...
Asian shares drift higher, dollar keeps gains
June 12th, 2015
Asia share markets made guarded gains on Friday and the dollar held firm in the wake of reassuringly upbeat U.S. retail data, though the mood was cautious as Greek debt talks took yet another confusing turn. Activity was sparse ...
What drives the yield of government bonds?
June 12th, 2015
Due to the current weak economic circumstances that we are experiencing here in Cyprus (as well as other countries in Europe), we are constantly bombarded with various economic and financial terms from the media, most of them unknown to ...
Complications in Egypt and UAE firm $45 Billion project
June 11th, 2015
Egypt’s housing minister on Tuesday acknowledged “complications” in contract negotiations with the investment fund expected to lead development of a new administrative capital east of Cairo. Mustafa Madbouly declined to speak in detail about the talks, which began after ...
Basel Committee consults on interest rate risk in the banking book
June 8th, 2015
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued a consultative document on the risk management, capital treatment and supervision of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB). This consultative document expands upon and is intended to ultimately replace the ...
3 Critical Fintech Innovation Trends in Banking
June 5th, 2015
Each year, the most exciting innovations in banking are presented at Finovate conferences. While some of the new ideas may never be seen by the general public, the trends of the demos provide insights into the future of financial ...
What will Opec do about the oil supply?
June 3rd, 2015
With oil prices down some 40% in a year, the oil ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) are once again getting together in Vienna this week to decide whether to cut output or keep pumping ...
