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Despite being shaken by the credit crisis and restructuring problems in Dubai, Islamic finance has continued to expand and was the fastest-growing segment of the global financial system in 2010, according...
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Risk Middle East Rankings 2010: Dealers adjust to new pricing realities...
Globally, big derivatives dealers are making wholesale changes to their pricing practices, and the Middle East is no exception. Clients are also becoming more sophisticated, according to Risk’s first ranking of dealers in the region. Research by Ana...
Q&A – Standard Chartered Bank’s Afaq Khan
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Gulf One's Rowan: Op risk value lies in strategy
Dean Rowan, chief risk officer at Gulf One Investment Bank in Bahrain, believes the op risk function can provide more long-term strategic value if it thinks beyond small-scale processes and looks at the bigger picture.
Russia to tap Islamic finance to help meet $1 trillion infrastructure...
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