Banking & Finance
The region's debt markets have never placed in the investment remit of fund managers or global bond portfolios.
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While every Gulf country is on a bender trying industrialize, they are hardly doing anything to seriously push it through.
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There is no better time for the two economic powers of China and the United Arab Emirates to form commercial ties.
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In the last seven years, Business Process Outsourcing has grown hugely to become $150bn-plus global industry.
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There are signs that the GCC, and the global Islamic finance community, is moving towards a common set of Sharia standards.
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Abu Dhabi looks set to start tapping its vast reserves of 'sour gas' with the award of the $10bn Shah project.
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With $2.5 trillion in assets and $75 billion in transactions in 2007, Sovereign Wealth Funds are changing the global financial landscape.
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As the region’s legal systems strengthen, banks need to make sure that they are not leaving themselves vulnerable to lawsuits.
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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.
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In the corporate world of private equity, trust is a force multiplier and will bring you better deals in the origination stage.
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It used to be very simple to measure power: the more cash you had, the more power you were deemed to have.
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With the US economy flatlining, Asia appears to be the silver lining in increasingly gloomy times.
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Log onto the British Foreign Office website for information about flying to Baghdad and the message is clear - don't do it.
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It may seem shallow, but appearances count when it comes to shaping the perception of your institution.
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The region has seen the rise of a diversified, open economy, no longer dependent on oil revenues.
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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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The relatively untapped debt markets of the Middle East provide exciting opportunities ahead.
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As the world's biggest investment banks nurse $130 billion and more of write-offs from the sub prime crisis and the credit crunch, and billions more in losses, the bankers, traders and brokers are looking for a buck overseas.
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It's a sign of the times when part of the UK's crown jewels are sold off to an Arab consortium.
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The fall of Bear Stearns shows how powerful market murmurs can be.
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