Middle East
Corporates fear EU will spike Emir Refit reporting relief
Delegated reporting threatened by policy-maker objections to use of foreign banks
Credit data: ‘dirty diesel’ woes weigh on autoparts firms
Auto supplier default risks have jumped, as environmental concerns hit prospects for diesel vehicles, says David Carruthers of Credit Benchmark
Loans to offshore centres surge
Total claims surpass pre-crisis peak
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Debt Management Office of Saudi Arabia
Risk Awards 2018: New DMO is building a benchmark curve that could spur local capital markets
Margin rules spur Middle East netting upgrades
Bahrain, Qatar, UAE seek to bolster swaps safeguards
Sovereign wealth fund interns cost BNY Mellon nearly $15m
Custodians should retrain HR in foreign bribery rules as SEC threatens further action
Mena brightspot for fund flows
Funds of hedge funds, India and commodities strategies see redemptions but Mena focuses attract flows
Sovereign hedging picks up as developing countries end fuel subsidies
A push to eliminate fuel subsidies across much of Africa, the Middle East and Asia is raising interest in the use of commodity hedging by governments as a way of containing social unrest. But it remains a challenge to get sovereign commodity hedging…
Cooke joins HSBC as global head of operational risk
Moves from Barclays Wealth where he was CRO
India-focused hedge funds continue seesaw performance
Mena funds outperform EM peers
Convertible arbitrage hedge fund strategies continue to outperform
Developed Europe-focused funds report positive gains
Sanctioned jurisdictions struggling with Fatca
Barriers to entry
Demand grows for Islamic op risk managers
Islamic studies
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
Seeking harmony
Operational risk in dangerous regions
Danger zones
2012: another year of living dangerously
2012: another year of living dangerously
Worse than we thought
Worse than we thought
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 recruiters
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
FX Invest Middle East: Volatility is tough and unsustainable, say managers
Delegates at FX Invest conference in Dubai discuss Japanese intervention, the value of emerging market currencies and their outlook on volatility
FX Invest Middle East: Mena region dodges Arab Spring 'curveball'
HSBC's senior economist for the Middle East and North Africa tells delegates at FX Invest conference the region has dealt with two big challenges this year, but it stands in better shape than some developed economies
Uprisings lead to AML improvement in Middle East
Banks in the Middle East have a heightened awareness of AML issues since this year's uprisings, according to industry experts
Risk-managing the Middle East's revolutions
Risk-managing revolution