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1 April, 2016

Libya’s Dickens of a Muddle

Euromoney, April 2016 Charles Dickens’ Bleak House rests upon a lawsuit so old and tangled that everyone who […]
1 April, 2016

Scale of Gulf-Wide Credit Crunch Becomes Clear

Euromoney, April 2016 The extent of the Middle East’s liquidity crunch is coming into focus, as bond redemptions […]
1 April, 2016

Banking’s Dark Side Reaches Australia

Euromoney, April 2016 It used to seem that the Australian banking industry was immune from the afflictions that […]
1 April, 2016

Saudi Banks Dig Deep for Debt as Liquidity Well Runs Dry

Euromoney, April 2016 There is a growing worry in Saudi Arabia that low oil prices are here to […]
1 April, 2016

How Islamic Banking Can Drive Australia’s Finance Sector

IntheBlack, April 2016   Imagine a global industry or economy, in these volatile and bruising times, where it […]
1 March, 2016

Saudi Arabia Plans Institutional Fund Revamp

Euromoney, March 2016 Saudi Arabia’s plan for sweeping changes to its investment institutions is all the talk in […]
1 March, 2016

China A-Shares Set for MSCI Index Landmark

Euromoney, March 2016 China took a big step towards opening its domestic markets to international capital in February […]
1 March, 2016

Hong Kong IPOs: Goodbaby, Goodnight

Euromoney, March 2016 Every now and then a barometer deal comes around: one whose outcome shows the market […]
1 March, 2016

Sovereign Funds Adapt to New Environment

Euromoney, March 2016 If the smartest money invests for the longest term, then recent evidence suggests that its […]
1 March, 2016

The Curious Case of JP Morgan and the $9 Iran Trade

Euromoney, March 2016 US banks are as far from re-engagement with Iran as they have ever been, but […]
1 March, 2016

Iran: Knocking on Tehran’s Door

Euromoney, March 2016 The lifting of sanctions meant a stream of international banks would make their way to […]
29 February, 2016

Global Capital Middle East Report: Cash Strapped Governments Look to Project Finance

Global Capital, February 2016 For the first time in a generation, governments in the Gulf may need more […]