Be it on a global or European level – this latter in the name of a dubious intention to eliminate any tax competition between EU countries – states are continuing their efforts to eliminate any form of bank secrecy.If the European Savings Guid...

According to Stuart Jenkin, Director of Fund Management at Frogmore, the UK-focused property fund manager, the state of the global economy coupled with reduced liquidity available from banks, tax rises (such as the VAT) and the reduction of public expendi...

The 1990s offered a rainbow of case studies of risk management failings in markets, financial regulators, financial institutions, non-financial institutions and even countries as a whole; showing the vital need for integrated operational risk management s...

If countries could choose their natural disasters, most would prefer floods over earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. That’s because floods, being easier to predict, generally wreak less social and economic havoc. But sometimes nations are unlucky enough...

Royal Forex Trading S.A.L. (RFXT) is a success story fuelled by dynamism. A financial brokerage firm founded in Lebanon in 2008, the firm has grown substantially in just three years. The company is officially registered and regulated by Banque Du Liban (L...

Last year was an exceptional year for UNIQA Insurance Company partly because this was an extraordinary year for the Hungarian market as a whole. On top of the extra taxes imposed on the Hungarian financial sector, insurance companies also had to deal with...

International law firm Kirkland & Ellis has a 100-year history of offering outstanding legal services to its clientele globally. The firm is widely celebrated for providing high quality counsel in areas such as IP, litigation, tax, restructuring and c...

 Most major market indices have, at best, gone sideways for the past decade. In fact since 1998 investors really haven’t stood a chance. There was the Russian bond default in 1998, tech wreck in 1999, at least two recessions, subprime mortgage ...

Change is not easy. Whether personal or professional, change entails leaving your comfort zone and exposing yourself to new situations in which the learning experience can be beneficial. New situations require new solutions. They challenge us and put us t...

Allied Bank is one of the five largest banks in Pakistan, with a network of over 800 branches in more than 300 locations offering real-time online banking. The bank leads the way by having a network of over 586 ATMs across Pakistan, with more machines add...