Figures released by the Land Registry indicate that sales of new properties have increased and have led to a growth in sales of 10.7 percent from 2011 figures, with 3,884 properties going under the hammer in February. John Tsang, the Hong Kong Financia...

If Jamie Dimon epitomised anything back in 2008 it was survivability - emerging as he did, relatively unscathed, out of the rubble of the Lehman Brothers induced banking crash. Fast forward to May 2012 and a man who once seemingly walked on water - wel...

If you haven’t yet heard of Pacific Rubiales Energy, it’s only a matter of time before you do. Colombia’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company is emerging from under the radar as a poignant example of how a robust susta...

‘High flying, adored,’ is how Sir Tim Rice describes former Argentine queen of hearts Eva Peron in the musical Evita, and that’s by no means an inaccurate summary of how in-the-know US and European economic observers are seeing the growing economies...

From a small pure player focusing on stock brokerage to an ambitious financial services group, MENACORP intensified its presence on UAE markets during challenging times, gaining the trust of high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional inv...

The complex organised societies historians call ‘civilisation’ first appeared in Mesopotamia – modern day Iraq – around 3300 BC. They subsequently appeared, quite independently, in northern China, the Indus Valley, Mesoamerica and the Peruvian hig...

Industry experts indicated in mid-March that recent talks of mergers between major property developers in Abu Dhabi is a signal that the real estate industry in the capital is passing through a market cycle. After rents reached record highs in 2008 the...

Costco US warehousing giant Costco has recently announced a replacement to step in when 75-year-old Jim Senega steps down. Craig Jelinek, has been collaborating with Senega, the company’s founder, for some time. Analysts suspect that there will be litt...

This spate of activity has generated considerable coverage and debate, but also a certain amount of confusion, even amongst specialist investors. 1. Credit ratings are not assessments of investment merit. They are assessments of creditworthiness An S&...

Despite playing influential and crucial roles in the banking world, central bankers do not always earn exactly what members of the public might expect, based on the size and performance of the country they are representing. Britain's top central banker...