09/13/2012
Oil gains on Middle East tensions not yet enough to threaten global growth - Coutts
The heightened risk of Israel acting unilaterally against the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons has driven the oil price higher.
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/10/2012
Qatar International Businesswomen Forum slated for October
"The Forum is going to be a major media event; bigger, better and more influential than last year, and simply unmissable for businesswomen in the Gulf and beyond."
09/09/2012
Business ethics: split the myth from the hard reality
Al Gini, a professor of business ethics at the School of Business Administration at Loyola University in Chicago, has a different perspective. He argues that business is not inherently bad, it just happens to offer many temptations – to counter this
09/05/2012
SunGard identifies ten asset management trends affecting the fund management industry
Doug Morgan, president of SunGard’s institutional asset management business discuss the top trends affecting the fund management industry in 2012
09/03/2012
Bahrain’s Economy Shrinks In Q2
Real GDP expanded but ongoing political unrest continues to dampen the country’s growth.
09/02/2012
Barclays’ Azar Sees Pick-Up in Middle East Deals and Fee Income
A total of 194 M&A deals worth $29.7 billion have been announced in the Middle East and North Africa so far this year, down 5.3 percent from 219 deals worth $31.4 billion in the same period last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
09/02/2012
GCC banking arena showed rapid growth in the H1
The collective assets of the largest 50 banks in the region increased by 7.7% in the year to 30th June 2012, reaching US$1.28trn.
09/02/2012
Hay Group releases its 2012 compensation and benefits report for Bahrain
Hay Group reports that employers in Bahrain are succeeding in retaining employees for the long term and providing equitable, competitive packages.
09/02/2012
Barclays sees Middle East driving investment bank
Gulf Arab investors are also targeting options closer to home as they look for places to park their cash.
08/08/2012
Global Organisations Unaware Of Their Online Risk Exposure
Many global organisations can do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG.
08/07/2012
The Evolution of Investment Reporting by Phil Banas
In his book The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin laid out his theory of evolution, in which he theorized that effective adaptation to their environments led certain organisms to survive and flourish, while those that did so less well fell by the wayside
08/07/2012
Burgernomics: the Big Mac Index
The index is not perfect and the relationship does not hold in reality because of a number of factors, but it is useful in highlighting big anomalies. Thus on a light-hearted look, Big Macs are now cheapest in Hong Kong and cost less in London than Zurich
07/18/2012
Rich to lose half their wealth by 2014
In spite of his doom and gloom about America and the world economy, when pressed Faber did recommend some China REITs.
07/16/2012
“Standing Still… But Still Standing” - Blackrock
Avoiding Worldwide Recession by Addressing Fiscal Imbalances
07/15/2012
Wealth Management in the Age of the iPad by Phil Banas
It’s easy to be cynical about mobility in wealth management.
07/10/2012
Transparency in Corporate Reporting index ranks the world's 105 largest companies
Researchers evaluated each organisation in terms of the steps it takes to fight corruption and the openness of its financial self-reporting.
07/09/2012
The Storm Is Not Over Yet Emerging market equities offer long-term opportunities
Despite the necessary expansion of central-bank balance sheets, Bank Sarasin does not see any threat of inflation as long as households and governments still need to deleverage.
07/08/2012
Dark Cloaks & Dark Pools: Brighter Bankers & Brighter Culture by Justin Urquhart Stewart
We don't need good banks, we need great banks - and we certainly don't need bad banks and bad bankers.
06/25/2012
What’s in Store for the Second Half of 2012 - BlackRock
In 2012’s second half, investors will face “a rocky road” compared with the year’s first few months, with the potential “fiscal cliff” in the U.S. as well as Europe’s ongoing turmoil both posing risk to a still we
06/24/2012
Client Confidentiality in the Cloud by Phil Banas
A great deal has been written about the advantages of cloud-based systems, but what about the disadvantages?