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Building better benchmarks in Dubai: DME's Chris Fix on running an oil exchange

Top of the agenda for the Dubai Mercantile Exchange and its chief executive, Christopher Fix, is assuring the integrity of its crude oil benchmark. He talks to OpRisk about the operational challenges stemming from the exchange’s unique regulatory obligations and the advantages of time zone crossover with Beijing and London

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In the heart of the world's richest oil reserves, Dubai has been pushing for years to change itself from a petrostate to a diversified economy. Focusing on alternatives such as financial services, tourism and entrepot business has not always gone smoothly – the construction boom of the 2000s left the emirate in serious financial trouble in 2009 – but attempts to entice foreign businesses to set up

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Emerging trends in op risk

Karen Man, partner and member of the global financial institutions leadership team at Baker McKenzie, discusses emerging op risks in the wake of the Covid‑19 pandemic, a rise in cyber attacks, concerns around conduct and culture, and the complexities of…

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