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Bupa Arabia wins accolades for CSR programme

International Finance DeskFebruary 11, 2015

by International Finance DeskFebruary 11, 2015

Awards encourage the bank in its CSR initiatives IFM Correspondent February 11, 2015: The year 2014 has been a significant for BUPA Arabia. The bank faced challenges, difficulties but accomplished its targets. In the process, it ended up picking various awards, which is a testimony of their hard work. The bank admits that in the...

Coutts appoints new MD for Western European, American and RND clients

International Finance DeskFebruary 4, 2015

by International Finance DeskFebruary 4, 2015

Prior to joining Coutts, John Saunders spent five years at Barclays Wealth February 4, 2015: Coutts, a private bank and wealth manager, announced the appointment of John Saunders as managing director for Western European, American and Resident Non-Domiciled (RND) clients. Based in London, Saunders will oversee Western Europe and America’s desks with a team of...

Giving back to society

International Finance DeskJanuary 19, 2015

by International Finance DeskJanuary 19, 2015

Because it’s the right thing to do January 19, 2015: In the first of a regular column, Jonathan Freeman,Managing Director of HRH The Prince of Wales’s charitable mentoring initiative Mosaic (www.mosaicnetwork.org.uk),writes about the benefitsmentoring can bring to corporations and businesses as well as the personal rewards fortheir employees. Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales,...

Corporate sustainability: No more a charity initiative

International Finance DeskDecember 24, 2014

by International Finance DeskDecember 24, 2014

Companies are realising that businesses grow only if all the stake holders around it grow; be it employees, customers, stockholders or the environment Jaya Smitha Menon December 24,2014: For Barclays, the business of banking goes beyond the profit and loss statements they generate every quarter. They want to play a broader role in the community...

In Monopoly move, Sahara chairman offers hotel for bail

International Finance DeskDecember 4, 2014

by International Finance DeskDecember 4, 2014

Subrata Roy has been incarcerated after running afoul of a number of India’s financial regulations David Drake December 4,2014:We’ve seen life imitate art but rarely have we seen life imitate a board game. In Hasbro’s popular board game, Monopoly, players often land in jail as well as own massive hotels on Park Place and other...

More than half of all professionals worldwide are already using LinkedIn

International Finance DeskDecember 2, 2014

by International Finance DeskDecember 2, 2014

Interview with Nishant Rao, managing director, LinkedIn India Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya December 2,2014: Since establishing itself 11 years ago, the journey for LinkedIn has been nothing short of a dream. Though US and India continue to be the largest markets for the business-oriented social networking site, it continues to explore other emerging economies. This year, it...

The new LCIA arbitration rules: A change for the better?

International Finance DeskNovember 11, 2014

by International Finance DeskNovember 11, 2014

The previous rules, introduced in 1998, form the basis of the 2014 Rules Nick Greenwood and Richard Ellison November 11, 2014: The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Arbitration Rules 2014 (the “2014 Rules”), which entered into force on October 1, represent – in the words of the director general of the LCIA – “evolution, not...

‘The debt problem in China is not hype’

International Finance DeskNovember 7, 2014

by International Finance DeskNovember 7, 2014

American economist James Rickards says collapse of the debt and property bubble there could well be the catalyst for a global economic crisis Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya November 7, 2014: James Rickards, American lawyer, economist, investment banker and author of books of like Currency Wars and Death of Money, is one of the speakers at the...

Investors losing interest in South Africa

International Finance DeskNovember 5, 2014

by International Finance DeskNovember 5, 2014

Change political mindset to overcome economic constraints, says John Kane-Berman, CEO, Institute of Race Relations Miriam Mannak November 5,2014:It hasn’t been plain sailing for South Africa. Besides slipping on the World Bank’s Economic Freedom Index and the World Economic Forum’s Competitiveness Index, the International Monetary Fund presented a rather bleak economic outlook for Africa’s second...

Is there something like better tobacco?

International Finance DeskOctober 31, 2014

by International Finance DeskOctober 31, 2014

Biotechnology firm opens up new opportunities for the multi-billion dollar market David Drake October 31, 2014: As the biotech firm 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE MKT: XXII) rang the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange last Thursday, the multi-billion dollar tobacco industry is at the threshold of this firm’s biotechnological efforts as it...