Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024

International Finance

Tag : Wealth Management

Fintech

Islamic finance must embrace technology faster

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Change is the key driving force in a complex global financial ecosystem. This change is mainly based on continuing advances in technology Rosie Kmeid November 27, 2014: Economies worldwide are making a global transformation, in which the information technology industry assumes increasingly greater importance. Indeed, technology is evolving at an amazingly rapid speed. The awe-inspiring...
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Uncategorized

Oil trade: No sign of prices going up

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Some analysts claim that OPEC will not last more than 50 years Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya November 27, 2014: Economists dealing with oil prices and stability were in for a shock when global oil prices started to tumble this year. After three years of relative calm wherein prices moved less than three percent year-on-year, the sudden...
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Economy

Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority ushers in second decade

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Since being set up in 2005, it has invested AED 1bn in developing 30mn square metre of land in its Al Hamra and Al Ghail industrial parks IFM Correspondent November 27, 2014: At a gala event celebrating 10 years of excellence, Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to drive foreign direct...
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Islamic Banking

Spike in interest rates could hamper Islamic finance

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Base rates are at record lows in Europe with the Bank of England having held its rate at 0.5% for five years now Tim Evershed November 26, 2014: A spike in European interest rates could pose a serious challenge to the growth of Islamic finance across the EU. Base rates of interest are at record...
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Economy

Everest Industries picks RAKIA for first overseas venture

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
Will invest in 750,000 sqft manufacturing facility in Al Ghail industrial park IFM Correspondent November 21, 2014: Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) has signed Everest Industries, one of the fastest growing building solutions companies in India, as its tenant. Everest will occupy 750,000 sqft in RAKIA’s Al Ghail industrial park. The India-based company plans to initially produce...
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FinanceWealth Management

Getting spend under management

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
How Can Financial Directors Help Procurement Be More Strategic? November 18,2014: One of the biggest areas of spend for companies is procurement, so how can financial directors ensure procurement teams provide more value back to the business? This represents both a huge level of investment but also a great potential opportunity to reduce costs as...
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Economy

Argentina: Russia’s new market

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The South American country is in a good position to capitalise on President Putin’s embargo on food imports from Europe and Western nations Kamilia Lahrichi November 14, 2014: Russian businessmen met their Argentinian counterparts in Buenos Aires on November 11 to discuss investment projects in the energy, nuclear and mining industries, as Moscow seeks to...
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Business Leaders

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

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
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...
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Business Leaders

‘The debt problem in China is not hype’

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
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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Business Leaders

Investors losing interest in South Africa

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
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...
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