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Finance

Value-added Islamic financial solutions with integrity at Takaful IKHLAS

Takaful is an insurance concept that has been in use for over 1400 years. Grounded in Islamic Muamal...

18th November, 2013

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Finance

HARNESSING HADOOP – HOW FS FIRMS CAN GET MOST VALUE FROM THEIR ‘BIG DATA’

Thanks to bare-metal cloud services, ‘big data’ analytics capabilities are now far more accessible,...

18th November, 2013

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Investing

ECONOMIC TREND IN ASIA AND POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURED FINANCE MARKET THEREIN

By: Hwan Pyo CHUN, President of Farazad Investments, Inc. Economic Trend in Asia The world economy i...

18th November, 2013

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Banking

BARWA BANK NET INCOME UP 60% IN THIRD QUARTER 2013

Focussed business model and prudent risk management to support growth strategy Doha – 16 November, 2...

16th November, 2013

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SURVEY REVEALS 20% OF BANK CUSTOMERS ARE CONSIDERING SWITCHING

Report on banks’ brand performance and “switching” provides valuable insight into...

15th November, 2013

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IT OUTSOURCING DRIVERS AND LOCATIONS

Findings from the KPMG and Deloitte 2012 studies Two recent surveys conducted by market leaders cons...

15th November, 2013

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Investing

3Q 2013 FINDINGS OF DBS RMB INDEX FOR VVINNING ENTERPRISES

DBS RMB Index for VVinning Enterprises finds business needs for RMB little changed in the past year...

15th November, 2013

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SULLIVAN & WORCESTER WIDENS ITS FINANCE OFFERING IN LONDON

Sullivan & Worcester is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Norris as a partner in its L...

15th November, 2013

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Technology

DATA – FROM VOLUME TO VALUE

By Shahbaz Ali, President and CEO, Tarmin Traditionally, big data and data storage was a conversatio...

15th November, 2013

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Banking

HALF OF CONSUMERS FEEL UNDERVALUED BY THEIR BANK

Banks must close the customer experience gap with friendly, knowledgeable staff and banking services...

15th November, 2013

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Trading

WHY THE ECB IS LIKELY TO BE FORCED TO EASE MONETARY POLICY AGAIN AS INFLATION DECELERATES

By David J. Powell, author of The Trader’s Guide to the Euro Area A deceleration of inflation is lik...

15th November, 2013

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Banking

RETAIL BANKING: LEAN AND KEEN BANKING IN AN INTERNET AGE

By Danny Molhoek, general manager at Lexmark for the UK and Ireland Although the economy is showing...

15th November, 2013