MIGA (World Bank): Islamic Finance – A Growing Source of Capital for the Developing World

The World Bank has its eye on Islamic finance, and with reason. Islamic finance’s recent globalization – in both Muslim…

10 years ago

World Bank Policies Include Screening for Climate Risks

The World Bank Group has made a priority of helping countries adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change,…

10 years ago

Hamza Najeeb: Courageously Looking for Answers

Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel? Hamza Kashgari Mohammad Najeeb is a poet in his mid-twenties. He was a…

10 years ago

Ernst & Young, Argentina: The List from Black to White – Argentina Redefines Income Tax Law

Introduction To further our previous contribution – Tax Havens: The Argentine Government Issues a New Tax Regulation on Low or…

10 years ago

New Study Adds Up the Benefits of Climate-Smart Development in Lives, Jobs, and GDP

With careful design, the same development projects that improve communities, save lives, and increase GDP can also fight climate change.…

10 years ago

From Australia to the World – Rupert Murdoch: The Future of Newspapers in the Age of the Internet

Australia is simply not big enough for Rupert Murdoch, though the country did give him his first break into publishing…

10 years ago

Magatte Wade: An African Serial Entrepreneur with a Heart

She’s none too serious, loves joking around and utterly fails to get the point of forced sex. Meet Magatte Wade,…

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Norton Rose Fulbright: EU Sets New Financial Laws for Non-EU Entities

Introduction The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is one of the cornerstones of EU financial services law setting out…

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Boris Johnson: Fast and Furious, Reasoned and Smart

He did inhale. London mayor Boris Johnson did, being – in his own words – no stranger to cannabis. He…

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Grant Thornton UAE: Bridging the Gap in Private M&A Transactions

The increased appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is prevalent at both a regional and global level. This trend presents…

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