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ACCA highlights Women in FinanceACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) held the latest in its series of Women in Finance roundtables, supported by Pearl Initiative. The round table focused on the benefit...
Reaping the rewards of an ACCA qualificationThriving as an accountancy professional Emirati Ayesha Naser Al Zaabi is the first person in her company’s finance trainee programme to study and have successfully finished the Association of...
ACCA and KPMG study puts spotlight on corporate governaAdequate and effective corporate governance (CG) is critical in supporting boards and management to navigate uncertainty in the international business arena. Yet, a joint study by ACCA and KPMG...
Dunia Finance wins ‘Excellence in Financial ReporDunia Finance has received the award for Excellence in Financial Reporting at the fourth annual ICAEW Middle East Accountancy & Finance Excellence Awards 2014. The award recognises an organisation...
EY receives three awards for excellenceEY won three awards at the fourth annual Middle East Accountancy & Finance Excellence Awards, held in Dubai. EY won the awards for ‘Corporate Finance Deal of the Year’...
ICAI Abu Dhabi hosts seminar on economic developmentRecently the Abu Dhabi chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India held a professional development seminar. Held in Abu Dhabi the event was attended by a 250...
Emaar Malls Group bags prestigious ICAEW awardEmaar Malls (DFM: EMAARMALLS) has won the ICAEW Middle East Accountancy & Finance Excellence Award in the “Corporate Deal of the Year” category. The recognition follows the successful IPO...
Celebrating the finest talents in accountancy and finanHeld at Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development for UAE, the fourth annual...
EY hosts Banking CFO ForumEY recently organised its first Banking CFO forum at the W Hotel in Doha, Qatar to address the key challenges that the new IFRS on Financial Instruments will present...
Deloitte professionals’ vital role in the UAE recHis Excellency Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak Al-Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development spoke in his keynote speech at the 2014 Annual Deloitte Regional Partners’ meeting held in...
Global aspirations for local firmsLocal companies in Dubai are encouraged to list on the local markets and also enhance mergers and acquisitions in order to face the global challenges more effectively amidst changing...
Dubai set to host 8th Annual CFO Strategies ForumThe 8th Annual CFO Strategies Forum set to take place on October 22 to 23 at the Park Hyatt in Dubai, will feature the region’s most advanced and creative...
Deloitte: Unlocking value from M&AA recent Deloitte study of FTSE100 company chairmen, company boards need to focus more on how integration is delivered, not just on the execution of the deal. Key findings...
UAE, Qatar’s MCSI upgrade to bring greater investAccording to the ICAEW, the recent decision by the MSCI Global Equities Index to upgrade its classification of both the UAE and Qatar from Frontier to Emerging Market status...
IMA announced record membership levelsAccording to figures released for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, IMA’s (Institute of Management Accountants) membership in the Middle East now stands at over 11,900, an increase of...
New head appointed to lead ACCA UAEACCA (the Association of Charted Certified Accountants) has appointed Lindsay Degouve de Nuncques as its new Head of ACCA UAE. Lindsay has spent more than eight years with ACCA, gaining experience in learning...
Deloitte discussed IFRS9 challengesDeloitte has just released its Fourth Annual Global International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS Banking Survey that highlights the challenges and consequences of increased provisioning for regulatory capital by banks...
The CFO Strategies IndexTop Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) will come together to document their strategies and best practices in the GCC for the first ever CFO Strategies Index. The global economy has...
Recognising excellence in financeNominations for the Middle East Accountancy & Finance Excellence Awards opens on September 1, 2014. Organised by ICAEW, the annual gala event is the only dedicated awards programme for...
Financial literacy for non-finance professionalsGenesis Institute claims that every department in any organization should have a basic finance education in order to understand numbers in a lucrative manner, which is why they run...
