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Newsmakers : Corporate Fraud On The Rise Despite Sox

United states Patrick Taylor: No "perfect solution" for fraud prevention Five years ago, in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) was enacted to prevent financial fraud. However, a recent survey of more than 80 ...

Banking

Regional Report GCC : Economic Boom Won’t Quit

Regional Report / Gcc High oil prices keep the ball rolling, as the Gulf region’s economic growth momentum carries it through a rough patch in the stock markets. Kingdom Tower Riyadh: As capital spending rises, ...

Banking

Regional Report GCC : Islamic Finance Is No Longer For Muslims Only

Regional Report / Gcc Shariah structures and returns are appealing to a growing range of international investors. Dubai boasts the biggest exchange in the world for sukuk listings Islamic finance was designed for Muslim investors who want ...

Banking

Regional Report GCC : The Power Of People

Regional Report / Gcc Competition for talent in the banking industry is driving up costs as demand for financial services expands. El-Labban: Talent is more likely to join or stay on at a growing bank As ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Drug Mergers Ease M&a Drought

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The need for bigger drug-development pipelines and more diversified businesses with greater geographic reach is fueling a...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Ice Begins Clearing Credit Default Swaps As Counterparty Risk Hits Record High

CORPORATE DEBT The first central counterparty clearinghouse for credit default swaps (CDS) began operating on March 9, the same day...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Nyse Lists Carbon Allowances Fund

GLOBAL EQUITY /DRS The calendar of planned initial public offerings in the US was bone dry last month, and the...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Record Low For Dollar Not End Of Its Descent

FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar fell to a record low against the euro last month and a 25-year low against the British pound following news that US economic growth in the first quarter was the weakest in four years. ...

Technology

Cover Story : Stepping Up

GOING GLOBAL Lacking the financial clout of multinationals or small enterprises’ easy access to government grants, mid-size companies are riding the wave of new technologies and today’s more liberal trading and regulatory schemes to successfully break into foreign ...

News

Editor’s Letter : The Great Enabler

The impact of technology is everywhere. Indeed, there are few areas of a modern company where technology is not enabling rapid and profound change...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Argentine Utility Lists On New York Stock Exchange

DR NEWS Edenor, a Buenos Aires-based electricity distributor, became the 12th Argentina-based company to trade on the New York Stock Exchange, following its initial public offering in the United States and Argentina. The company, also known as Distribution ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Discount Carrier Plans To Add Hubs

COMPANY TO WATCH: AIR ARABIA/UAE Air Arabia, the first low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, raised $700 million in its recent initial public offering, the largest IPO ever in the United Arab Emirates. The company’s ...