Qatar’s proposed law on public private partnerships (PPP) is expected to have a “synergistic” effect on the corporate sector and may pave way for infrastructure and project-specific bonds, but transparent arbitration clauses need to be unambiguously chalked out, according to market experts.
Saudi Arabia’s third-biggest telecom operator Zain Saudi has been ordered to pay Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) 219.46mn riyals ($58.51mn) following an arbitration award, the companies said yesterday.
Emirates NBD (ENBD), Dubai’s largest bank, expects loan growth within its retail business to halve next year to around 5% as the market slows, its retail and wealth management head said yesterday.
UBS Group’s investment banking business is set to have its best year advising on Middle Eastern deals in at least a decade as the firm’s new strategy in the region pays off.
So much for bond traders’ speculation that Donald Trump becoming president would delay the Federal Reserve from deciding to raise interest rates. Now they’re wondering how many times policy makers could increase them in 2017.
The GCC has the potential to become the world’s fastest growing e-commerce playground, global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney said and noted the region’s e-commerce market is still very small.
KPMG in Qatar has recently become an accredited training provider for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ chartered accountant qualification, the ACA.
Vodafone shared its global expertise in tackling cyberwarfare at the Qatar Central Bank’s (QCB) recent 3rd annual ‘Information Security Conference’ for the financial sector. This is also the second time that Vodafone participates as a sponsor of the event.
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11:56 AM - 21 July 2015