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The power of 3

The key points behind the success of ATIG Investment & Securities May 22, 2015: ATIG was founded in Istanbul, Turkey in 2012 for providing FX, precious metals, CFDs, stock certificates, Istanbul Futures and and Options Market (V?OP) and all kinds of domestic and International online financial products. As ATIG Investment & Securities, we have grown...
Economy

Egypt betting big on a new capital

President hopes it will usher in new investments; however, such plans have failed in the past Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya April 29, 2015: Over the past 5,000 years, Egypt has changed its capital city 29 times. The Pharaohs of Egypt often moved the capital by building new cities. But since 950 AD, the country has had...
FinanceIslamic Banking

Islamic finance and the halal industry

There is great potential for correlation between the two Camille Paldi March 31, 2015: The word halal is derived from the Arabic verb Halla, which means to be or become lawful, legal, legitimate, permissible, allowed, admissible, un-prohibited, or unforbidden. Halal is simply that which Allah and the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) have allowed to be done...
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McOttley Capital leads the way in Ghana

Heralding a new era in investment advisory Mustapha Mensah & Gloria Ofosu-Kusi McOttley Capital Limited, the investment wing of McOttley Group of Companies, over the past several years has carved a distinctive niche for itself in the investment industry due to the impeccable service it offers its clients. Both corporate and individual clients throughout Ghana...
FinanceIslamic Banking

Only if you have a lot of time on your hands

Book review of ‘Takaful Investment Portfolios: A study of the composition of takaful funds in the GCC and Malaysia’ by Mehmet Asutay Camille Paldi February 16,2015: Takaful Investment Portfolios: A Study of the Composition of Takaful Funds in the GCC and Malaysia provides an explanation and analysis of the investments of takaful funds in the...
Economy

Betting big on India

Acting as a catalyst to its growth story is US President Barack Obama’s recent visit, which may inspire investors to pile up Indian stocks throughout 2015 Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya February 19, 2015: If one were to describe India’s growth story in one line, it would read something like this– A nation of unrealised potential. The...
Business Leaders

‘The debt problem in China is not hype’

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...
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Gold trading: To do or not to do

Many investment experts are sceptical, but interest is increasing Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya    October 10,2014:The yellow metal traditionally has caught the fancy of many — be it in the form of bars, or in the form of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETFs). Stocks and shares remain the best form of investment for many, but gold has been...
Banking

Most investment bankers are still male

With a 2% drop in number of women entering the financial sector in the US, gender diversity is a long way off Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya   October 7, 2014: While the technology sector is struggling to shrug off the gender-bias tag from its name, there is another industry — the financial services sector — which...
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RCAP to take institutional-quality investments to crowdfunding market

To do this, the NYSE listed company announced the launch of an investment platform September 8, 2014: RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) on Monday announced the launch of “We Are Crowdfunding,” a Crowdfunding 2.0 investment platform designed to provide investors direct access to high calibre, institutional quality public and private investment offerings. We Are Crowdfunding...