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STANDARD 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, 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...

HERALDING 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,...

SENIOR 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...

ACCORDING 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...

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...

Subject 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,...

Conference Chairman Abbas Ali Mirza releases programme and full list of invited speakers… IN THE backdrop of the recent appointment of the first ever trustee from the Middle East...

ERNST & YOUNG signed a working agreement with Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) to assist in Shari’a certification of Core Banking Systems (CBS) used by...

SIX OF the world’s chartered institutes have launched a new initiative to support, develop and promote the role that Chartered Accountants play throughout the global economy. To celebrate the...

THE UAE Internal Audit Association (UAE-IAA), the local body affiliated to the Global Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA-Global), announced that the UAE leads the region in the number of...

THE INSTITUTE of Management Accountants (IMA) and global publisher John Wiley & Sons have announced the release of the new 2013 Wiley CMA Learning System (CMA LS) and Online...

OVER 300 high-level local and international financiers, investors, policy makers and regulators are set to meet in Manama, to look at the role of Bahrain’s financial sector in the...

FIRST GULF Bank (FGB) has launched the UAE’s first green Visa credit card in association with Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company. The First Gulf Bank Masdar Card allows...

THE DUBAI Financial Market (DFM) has launched iVESTOR Shabab card for the youth in the UAE, aimed at promoting financial knowledge and responsible spending under parental control. The Shari’ah...

DELOITTE’S MIDDLE East ‘Point of View’,the quarterly thought-leadership publication, has now been launched as an App on the tablet. This announcement comes timed with the release of the fall...

STANDARD CHARTERED recently held a joint seminar with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), to share with participants the latest views and insights on the Renminbi (RMB) and its...

DELOITTE MIDDLE East has been recognised for the fourth year in a row by International Tax Review’s ‘World Tax 2013’. Among the ‘Big Four’, the global Deloitte network received...

Robert Half salary guide shows financial services expected to see the strongest gains; technology and HR to follow STARTING SALARIES in the UAE for roles in financial services in...

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp has been officially recognised as one of the “Top Companies to Work for in the UAE” for 2013 by Great Place to...