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In times of test, is family best?
Banking & Finance
Seven out of 10 family businesses fail to make it to the second generation, and only one in 10 makes the third generation.
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Big names, great stories
Banking & Finance
There is nothing that CEOs like doing more than reading about other CEOs. That's why this month, to kick off the new look CEO Middle East, we bring you some of the biggest names in world business - all speaking exclusively to us.
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Performance through sustainability
Banking & Finance
A sustainable investing strategy in a portfolio requires a long-term view. It is valuable to do so, to catch most of the value of a company.
Monday, 05 May 2008
Airlines feel the pinch
Banking & Finance
Flying across the Atlantic on American Airlines, as I did twice last week, has much in common with travelling on a cattle truck to market.
Sunday, 04 May 2008
The great debt market opportunity
Banking & Finance
The Middle East region's debt markets have often been overlooked, and have never been firmly placed in the investment remit of emerging market fund managers nor global bond portfolios.
Saturday, 03 May 2008
Developing an industrial base in the Gulf
Banking & Finance
While every country in the Gulf is on a bender trying to start industrializing themselves, they are hardly doing anything to seriously push that thought through. Perhaps the only country that is making a serious effort is Saudi Arabia through the Saudi Industrial Development Fund.
Friday, 02 May 2008
Making history
Banking & Finance
There is no better time for the two economic powers of China and the United Arab Emirates to form commercial ties.
Time to embrace KPO
Banking & Finance
In the last seven years, Business Process Outsourcing has grown hugely to become $150bn-plus global industry.
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Into the great unknown
Banking & Finance
There are signs that the GCC, and the global Islamic finance community, is moving towards a common set of Sharia standards.
Sour gas is sweet news for economy
Banking & Finance
Abu Dhabi looks set to start tapping its vast reserves of 'sour gas' with the award of the $10bn Shah project.
Monday, 28 April 2008
Inside eye
Banking & Finance
With $2.5 trillion in assets and $75 billion in transactions in 2007, Sovereign Wealth Funds are changing the global financial landscape.
Sunday, 13 April 2008
What a liability
Banking & Finance
As the region’s legal systems strengthen, banks need to make sure that they are not leaving themselves vulnerable to lawsuits.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Turning the tables has never been so much fun
Banking & Finance
James Doran is a New York based business columnist who has travelled the world for seven years as a foreign correspondent for The Times of London for whom he has also served as a bureau chief in Wall Street and Washington DC.
Trust in the corporate world
Banking & Finance
In the corporate world of private equity, trust is a force multiplier and will bring you better deals in the origination stage.
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Money can't buy power
Banking & Finance
It used to be very simple to measure power: the more cash you had, the more power you were deemed to have.
Saturday, 05 April 2008
In hard times, global banks lean on Asia
Banking & Finance
With the US economy flatlining, Asia appears to be the silver lining in increasingly gloomy times.
Thursday, 03 April 2008
Landing in Baghdad
Banking & Finance
Log onto the British Foreign Office website for information about flying to Baghdad and the message is clear - don't do it.
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Maximising face value
Banking & Finance
It may seem shallow, but appearances count when it comes to shaping the perception of your institution.
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Deregulation opens Gulf economies up
Banking & Finance
The region has seen the rise of a diversified, open economy, no longer dependent on oil revenues.
Friday, 21 March 2008
The Year of the Rat
Banking & Finance
In Hong Kong, it has been a bruising 2008 with the stock market on a see-saw pattern, depending on news from the US.
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