Business Insights
Dubai on pole in harnessing global tradeAuthorities impose no tax on repatriated profits to encourage overseas expansion. DUBAI IS outpacing the rest of the world in the race to capitalise on globalisation and is set...
Increase focus on fraudAUDITORS NEED to increase their focus on identifying risk factors in both the planning and the conducting of audits in a report published on 23 January. In a report...
Dubai launches smart fiscal modelPioneering initiative expected to promote financial sustainability in the Emirate. DUBAI GOVERNMENT’S Department of Finance has launched a landmark initiative aimed at strengthening and automating the Emirate’s fiscal planning...
The upside of downsideArif Ahmed highlights on a concept that refines an investment’s return by measuring how much risk is involved in producing the yield… DO WE consider two climbers on top...
Business beyond bordersIn its latest study titled ‘Why go International?’ UHY audit firm educates on the benefits, risks and challenges of setting up a company overseas… AS COMPANIES, both large and...
Fair value accountingThe standards board issued IFRS 13 in 2011 to unify measurement requirements across various principles. With many organisations facing hurdles towards this transition, Veena Hingarh provides practical solutions to help...
Cloud across atlanticArif Ahmed discusses the intricacies of loan provisioning under the new International Financial Reporting Standards… OFTEN THE clouds across Atlantic clash with each other and cause torrential downpour across civilisations...
Challenging the status quoNew research reveals Saudi women’s quest to break entrepreneurial barriers, despite enormous hurdles… ALTHOUGH A small but growing number of women in Saudi Arabia is actively entering the corporate world,...
MENA states mull tax amendsLowering of corporate tariff rates expected to increase Foreign Direct Investment inflows… LOWERING OF corporate tax rates by Middle East and North Africa (Mena) governments is expected to increase...
PwC rolls out Mini-MBAIntensive programme aims to offer entrepreneurs knowledge and skills without the rigours of time and cost obligations experienced with traditional MBAs… TAX, AUDIT and assurance firm PwC has launched...
Stand out from the crowdProfessor Janek Ratnatunga, a leading Australian scholar in the field of management accountancy tells Joyce Njeri the importance of having a CMA – Australia qualification in today’s cutthroat business...
Battle against sleazeBribery and corruption in the Middle East is no longer ‘simply a cost of doing business’ THE SUBJECT of bribery and corruption in the region is still not a...
Passion for bankingSurya Subramanian, Chief Financial Officer of Emirates NBD Bank, tells Joyce Njeri what it takes to lead the finance division of one of the top lending institutions in the...
Assessing the CFOExecutive job search consultant Shane Phillips examines critical areas in the hiring and selection process of top management employees SEPARATING THE chaff from the wheat is not an easy...
Stock OptionsQUESTION – I have just landed a job in the UAE and I find stock prices quite cheap here. Since all my investments are in international currency investments in...
Trading offshoreYou too… can contribute to the growth of the offshore economy FIGURE THIS; An extraordinary amount of £13 trillion is sitting in offshore accounts, according to a newly released...
