Local/Regional News
MECA CFO Leadership ConferenceOn August 27 2014, MECA CFO Alliance (MECA), the largest CFO networking group in Middle East will be hosting the MECA CFO Leadership Conference at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel,...
KPMG UAE Partner becomes IIA-certified QIAL auditorKPMG’s UAE team has continually demonstrated their commitment to performing the best practice by exploring new and innovative ways to enhance client management. By participating in elite management training...
NASDAQ, PwC hold seminar on IPOPwC AND Latham & Watkins teamed up with NASDAQ Dubai to hold a seminar on how to carry out initial public offerings (IPOs), in response to rapidly growing interest...
When numbers don’t add upINCONSISTENT CAPITAL ratios is as big an issue for banks as unfinished accounting standards, said Robert Hodgkinson (pictured), the ICAEW executive director, at a joint ICAEW/IFRS Foundation conference in...
Deloitte launches course for Saudi hiresBUILDING ON its current nationalisation programmes, Deloitte ran a nation-wide recruitment campaign in 2013 in Saudi Arabia to identify young talented Saudi men and women and train them to...
FTSE launches Sharia’h indexFTSE GROUP (“FTSE”), the global index provider, has announced the launch of its new FTSE Sharia’h Developed Minimum Variance Index. The index series aims to deliver reduced index volatility...
CIMA survey reveals rising salariesTHE ANNUAL salary survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) shows that in 2013, qualified CIMA members in the UAE are earning on average AED47,765 in...
CIMA releases 2014 pricing campaignTHE CHARTERED Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), in an effort to make its qualification even more accessible to ambitious students and professionals in the UAE and across GCC, has...
GT ranks as ‘Top Employer’A SURVEY of more than 200,000 business and engineering students from 12 of the world’s largest economies named Grant Thornton one of the top 50 most attractive global business...
ACCA, IMA call off dealTHE ASSOCIATION OF Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and the US Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) have said their Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) will not proceed. ACCA and IMA said they...
DFM goes to New YorkDUBAI FINANCIAL Market (DFM) will organise its International Investor Roadshow in New York on September 24 and 25, 2013, in collaboration with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The event...
Changing fortunesIndian expatriates in UAE reap huge as rupee goes on a free fall… INDIAN RESIDENTS residing in the UAE “have been fortunate enough to get an 11% increment in...
UHY strengthens presence in EurasiaINTERNATIONAL NETWORK of independent accounting and consultancy firms UHY, has welcomed a new member in Georgia, the ARG Group LLC, to its global network. ARG Group LLC was established...
Bank hosts macro-economic meetSTANDARD CHARTERED recently hosted a Macro-Economic briefing session titled; “Transforming, Rebalancing, and Outperforming” for its corporate clients in the UAE. The bank is holding similar briefings to clients in...
Eastnets in FATCA awareness driveEASTNETS, A global provider of compliance and payments solutions, has announced that it is organising informative road shows across the GCC and Pakistan to help financial institutions understand the...
ICAI unveils TV channelHERALDING A new era of education, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will soon have a TV channel for its members as well as those studying accountancy,...
Green is the new leanSENIOR BUSINESS representatives from Dubai have agreed that sustainability reporting – which provides information about organisations’ economic, environmental, social and governance performance – has an important role to play...
MENA IPOs raise $1.6bn in Q1 2013ACCORDING TO Ernst & Young’s 2013 first quarter IPO update for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), regional capital markets recorded a twentyfold increase in capital raised and...
IIA-UAE conference ‘a resounding success’BUILDING ON previous milestones and achievements of its flagship annual conference, the UAE Internal Audit Association (IIA UAE) recently organised a successful and a record-breaking 14th Annual Regional Audit...
Experts address PICPA forum in Abu DhabiSubject Matter Experts (SMEs) recently led discussions on technical topics and shared tips on soft skills development at the Grand Millennium Hotel Al Wahda in Abu Dhabi. Business professionals,...
