Strategy

Focusing on best practices and smart growth, Alghanim Industries leads growth in the region with its progressive approach to business

Alghanim Industries leads business in the Middle East

Focusing on best practices and smart growth, Alghanim Industries leads growth in the region with its progressive approach to business

With a respected commercial history dating back to the late 19th century, the innovative strategies and practices of three generations of the Alghanim family have built Alghanim Industries into the diversified, multi-national conglomerate that it is today...

Experts in Bahraini law find the right solutions

Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, Attorneys at Law & Legal Consultants, is one of the most prominent and dynamic law firms in Bahrain, covering all bases when it comes to Bahraini legal representation

If you need advise on high-profile and groundbreaking domestic and international transactions in Bahrain, then Haya Rashed Al Khalifa is the legal firm of choice – boasting an excellent and varied client list that includes multinational corporations, in...

The new path to shareholder value

A CEO’s guide to building competitive advantage through enterprise risk management, by Robert Wyle, Senior Director, Moody’s Analytics, Enterprise Risk Solutions

Firms that persevered through the crisis had one thing in common: they had a robust risk management infrastructure. It wasn’t a turn-the-crank, back-office risk management – nor was it silo-based. It was the kind of risk management that permeated an e...

MBAs turn to charity sector

Smaller charitable organisations have turned to those with a higher standard of education to take them to a new level of performance

Business school popularity swells in China

China’s fascination with business schools is now rivaling the rest of the world, with a surge in the number of schools offering executive education across the country

Executives turn to MBAs

As employment markets tighten, research suggests that more and more executives are considering education in order to further career prospects

The new path to shareholder value

A CEO’s guide to building competitive advantage through enterprise risk management, by Robert Wyle, Senior Director, Moody’s Analytics, Enterprise Risk Solutions

CH2M Hill to stay in Qatar until 2024

US consultancy firm to carry out operations of World Cup campaign in Qatar

Winners and losers

The private equity picture becomes clearer. Selwyn Parker speaks to Kirk Radke

Alghanim Industries leads business in the Middle East

Focusing on best practices and smart growth, Alghanim Industries leads growth in the region with its progressive approach to business

Conglomerates tackle sustainability ‘with ease’

Companies with access to a number of supply chains are finding sustainability matters are a far more manageable barrier to growth

Transparency examined

The business community has been given a wake-up call on its responsibilities. Its one they shouldn’t ignore

Sarbanes-Oxley Act keeps firms in tune

The decade-old act that continues to keep a watchful eye. But is it enough?

Swift: collaboration needed to overcome corporate actions challenge

With millions of dollars at stake in every-day global transactions, the need to process corporate actions correctly is paramount

IGM Financial believes in good corporate governance

IGM Financial has a governance model developed over many years

Experts in Bahraini law find the right solutions

Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, Attorneys at Law & Legal Consultants, is one of the most prominent and dynamic law firms in Bahrain, covering all bases when it comes to Bahraini legal representation

Brink Cohen Le Roux: personalised service achieved by boutique firms

Brink Cohen Le Roux looks to establish a more visible footprint in Africa through cross-border professional services

Gregory P. Joseph takes World Finance’s ‘Best Lawyer’ accolade

Described as “one of the true experts on federal practice,” Greg Joseph has been named World Finance’s Best Lawyer in the US, 2012

Zimbabwe

234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead

Japan

197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations

Greece

142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys

Lebanon

133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy

Iceland

126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel

Italy

119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership

Singapore

106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option

Belgium

101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus

Egypt

90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high

European Union

82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…