Search Results for: Middle East
cTrader supports Islamic accounts and cServer 4.3 update
June 16th, 2016
Spotware Systems announce the support of Shariah Compliant (Swap Free) accounts from all cTrader platforms. Now traders can decide when creating a demo account if their account should be made Swap Free. The functionality has been designed to meet ...
Tullett and ICAP merger faces an in-depth investigation
June 8th, 2016
Tullett’s anticipated acquisition of ICAP’s voice/hybrid broking business faces being referred for an in-depth investigation by the CMA. Tullett Prebon plc (Tullett) and ICAP plc (ICAP) are leading global interdealer brokers, companies that typically sit between investment banks helping to find buyers ...
This technology will overtake mobile phones in two years
June 6th, 2016
16 billion connected devices forecast to join Internet of Things by 2021-end Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018, according to the latest edition of the Ericsson ...
Multinational Law Firm slashes 37 positions in London
June 3rd, 2016
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made 37 business services jobs redundant in London as part of wide-reaching cutbacks across its European arm. The firm’s management informed staff in March that 15% of its 160-strong partnership across the UK, continental Europe and the ...
The Top Companies in the Arab World 2016
June 2nd, 2016
Last year was not an easy one for Arab companies. Political instability and plunging oil prices affected financial performance. Total market value for the 100 Top Companies in the Arab World dropped 15.5% to $689 billion between April 1, ...
PwC announces executive board changes
May 31st, 2016
New PwC leader Kevin Ellis, who takes over as chairman and senior partner for the UK and Middle East from 1 July, has revealed his new UK executive board. UK Executive Board: Kevin Ellis – Chairman and senior partner Jon Andrews ...
Shell to launch its own offshore legal centre
May 31st, 2016
In the latest twist to the offshoring saga, and following news last week that two global 100 firms are to outsource to Poland and Manila, Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to open its own offshore legal centre to service ...
Arab world could see US$69 billion in online payment transactions per annum by 2020
May 31st, 2016
PAYFORT State of Payments 2016 report confirms Saudi Arabia and UAE as fastest growing markets for online payment transactions, with 23% average growth across the region PAYFORT, the leading online payment service provider in the Arab world, has announced ...
OPEC has turned into battleground between Saudi Arabia and Iran
May 30th, 2016
The next OPEC meeting on the 2nd of June will act as little more than a forum for continued altercations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, writes Rakesh Upadhyay of Oilprice.com. Relations between the two countries have reached a new low. ...
Saudi Arabia Has a Plan B to Try to Stop Iran’s Economic Rise
May 26th, 2016
The kingdom is mobilizing its Gulf allies to make sure that Iran’s opening-up to the global economy doesn’t go smoothly. Saudi Arabia couldn’t stop the Iran nuclear deal from being signed. Plan B is to limit Iran’s ability to ...
