The UAE’s focus on becoming a global innovation hub has increased demand for advisory services in technology, cybersecurity, and digital transformation, areas where smaller, agile firms can compete effectively
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Octagon launches ‘Family Office as-a-Service’ model in UAE amid surging demand
The company said its UAE market entry is ideally timed, given the stunning growth of family offices in the UAE and across the world, besides the huge intra-generation wealth transfer looming
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UAE-based Sanctuary launches personalised corporate tax advisory service to companies
The firm said through their tailored solutions, they aim to transform the way clients navigate the intricate landscape of corporate taxation
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New Edmond de Rothschild Dubai office ‘complimentary part of global strategy,’ says market lead
Non-traditional energy opportunities are in focus for the bank
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Edmond de Rothschild broadens UAE presence with new office in DIFC
Edmond de Rothschild (Middle East) Ltd. will be able to locally advise clients and ensure access to the group’s offerings
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KPMG doubles growth rate in the MESAC region as revenue climbs 18.3 percent
KPMG International revenue grows to $35 billion for FY22; Advisory the strongest division with 30 percent growth in the Middle East, South Asia, and Caspian region
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Griffiths + Associates – Your trusted financial advisors in Malta
Griffiths + Associates is organised around four core lines of service overlaying such industry practices in the financial sector, gaming industry, hospitality and restaurant business, shipping and marine, education and pharmacy
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KPMG Lower Gulf’s embattled CEO Nader Haffar to step down
The company was recently fined $2 million by Dubai Financial Services Authority over its audit of Abraaj; Haffar himself was in trouble over nepotism and cronyism charges
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EY plans ‘industry-changing’ move to split accounting and consultancy business
Global chairman and chief executive Carmine Di Sibio feels Ernst & Young is making the right move even as other big accounting firms refrain from doing so
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Revealed: Challenges and opportunities faced by the UAE’s owner-managed SMEs and startups
Emirates’ successful handling of coronavirus and influx of new businesses creating a vibrant economy where small businesses thrive
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Creative Zone partners with Sharjah Media City Free Zone Authority to launch accelerator programme
StartupX will annually invest over $27,000 worth of business support services in four of the UAE’s most impressive start-ups that seek to better their community
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Video: Chris Cooper on surge in construction advisory services amid Covid-19
Formed in 2019 by Chris Cooper, GIGS Advisory was set up mainly because of Cooper’s passion for “positive impact commercial and contract management can have on not just a single project, but an overall business”.
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Stirling Hospitality Advisors: Providing hospitality sector-focused asset management and services
Brand View: Established in 2014, Stirling Hospitality Advisors provides hospitality sector-focused asset management and services to groups, developers and owners. Managing Director Donald Bremner shares an overview of the business
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Thought leadership meets project management
One of the foremost companies in the world in terms of delivering project management contracts, Hill International’s Vice President Imad Ghantous speaks about the details behind the highly technical practice
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Ex-Morgan Stanley banker leading Middle East charge toward boutiques
Boutique advisory firms are earning almost a quarter of all investment-banking fees paid in the Middle East, up from just 9 percent in 2009, according to Freeman Consulting Services
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No time to slow down: KPMG Lower Gulf’s Nader Haffar
Despite fallout from the Middle East’s biggest financial scandal in over a decade, the CEO of KPMG Lower Gulf, Nader Haffar, says his company needs to move ahead at full speed
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Video: Can consultancies regain the trust they’ve lost?
You wouldn’t be able to tell at first glance, but the world of professional services – management consultants, advisors, chartered accountants and especially auditors – is under silent siege.