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Q+A: Majed Al-Saif; General Manager, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Samba Financial Group

Retail demand for Islamic finance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the wider region keeps increasing. Growth areas include structured hedging and investment products, project and aviation finance, equity-linked and greenfield project sukuk.

News

Saudi Prince, “Minister of Everything,” Wields Power Behind Throne

Saudi Arabia Known as the Minister of Everything, deputy crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, the favored 30-year-old son of the geriatric king of Saudi Arabia, is a man on a mission.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Serial Inverters Curtailed As Global Reforms Move Forward

Trends | Inversions The US Treasury Department’s recent rules against corporate inversions are intended to stop “serial inverters.”

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Shamed Panama Sees Its Flourishing Economy At Risk

Panama The country has been a stellar performer in Latin America, but now a worldwide scandal about its massive offshore financial industry is putting Panama’s economic growth at risk.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Tax Planning Goes On Steroids

Tax Reporting & Compliance The OECD’s “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” principles are being incorporated into tax laws in some nations, requiring more transparency from corporate treasury departments.

Features

The Innovators 2016 | Table of Contents

Finance sector innovations have cut costs and improved convenience but have not been transformative. Will bankers and treasurers—traditionally risk-averse players—ever brainstorm a revolutionary breakthrough?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top Innovators In Corporate Finance 2016

Corporates today need more agility to meet regulatory requirements and manage volatility, hence technology plays a growing role in treasury departments.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top Innovators In Foreign Exchange | 2016

Intense competition is driving rapid digitization as financial institutions seek an edge over rivals in the nonstop foreign exchange sector.

Banking

Top Innovators In Islamic Finance | 2016

With the customer base growing, Islamic finance is drawing more banks and nonbank finance firms. Innovation can be a key differentiator.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Top Innovators In Trade Finance | 2016

Trade finance is behind some other banking sectors in transitioning to paperless documents and digital distribution, but it’s catching up.

News

Top Innovators In Transaction Services | 2016

The blockchain is getting all the attention these days—along with technology’s capacity for improving the customer experience.

News

US Execs Flock To China—Then Flee

China When Alibaba announced in May that it was hiring former Goldman Sachs managing director Douglas Feagin to run the international unit of its finance arm, Ant Financial, many observers had a sense of déjà vu.