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Convertible arbitrage hedge fund strategies continue to outperform
Despite performance gains by developed Europe-focused funds, investor flows have been persistently negative. Convertible arbitrage strategies continue to outperform the hedge fund aggregate
FFIs the world over are expected to be compliant under Fatca. For entities operating in jurisdictions with sanctions, this poses some pretty tricky questions - not least, if they will even be allowed to...
The growth of Islamic finance throughout the Middle East - and further beyond - has shifted attention to the levels of knowledge and experience required by banking professionals to operate in this area...
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MSCI reintroduces Saudi Arabia indexes
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has allowed MSCI to create and issue Saudi Arabian domestic equity market indexes
The challenge of standardising sharia compliance
With an estimated worth of around $1.1 trillion in global assets, Islamic finance has experienced continuous growth against a backdrop of global economic turmoil affecting conventional markets. While the appeal to gain exposure to safer and better performing...
Operational risk in dangerous regions
As the Arab Spring last year made all too evident, regions that companies and banks think they have a handle on might suddenly turn into hotspots of unrest. ORR looks at risks to consider when establishing operations in dangerous areas
2012: another year of living dangerously
It is always possible to envisage threats to economic and political stability, but the next 12 months look likely to harbour many unhappy surprises, says David Rowe
Worse than we thought
Looking back, it’s not as though the predictions didn’t come true in 2011. Yes, regulatory reform was a big operational risk issue, with the UK Bribery Act coming into force, the continuing drive towards the implementation of the US Dodd-Frank Act,...
Tough Middle East sanctions put AML under spotlight
Banks' anti-money-laundering processes will come under scrutiny in the face of tougher sanctions in the Middle East
Risk and compliance hiring in the Middle East is strengthening, say...
Regulatory pressure and recognition of the importance of risk and compliance at firms is driving recruitment of executives from around the world into the Middle East
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