Along with an advancing economy, UAE’s financial markets have shown considerable growth. World Finance awards Al Ramz Securities the region’s best executing broker

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has some explaining to do

US Federal Reserve officials moved to calm speculation that a surprise rise in its emergency lending rate could bring forward broader policy tightening, saying borrowing costs in the economy would stay low. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke flagged the move last week, saying the US central bank aimed to widen the spread between its main policy […]

Bank of China International (BOCI) has emerged from the credit crisis in a strong position, re-inventing itself into a fully integrated investment bank serving clients in the China and Hong Kong markets

The forex market is a huge business with several trillion dollars worth of transactions completed daily

OTE explain the case for good governance in south-east Europe

Credit is vital if trade is to flourish, says Simon Groves

Diners Club’s Tom Edgerton discusses the latest management
information tools with Roger St Pierre

The investor can now access 40 countries with all commodities
and foreign exchanges in one place

France’s biggest listed bank BNP Paribas took fewer bad debt provisions than expected in the fourth quarter, helping it beat profit forecasts, and said these charges would be lower again in 2010. BNP struck a relatively confident note despite the economic uncertainty clouding the banking industry. Its profit was up on the previous quarter and […]

Sigma Securities operates the most dynamic web-based trading platform in the Middle East

How Marfin Egnatia Bank is supporting the Greek shipping sector

To take advantage of the profits the futures market offers while minimising risk, one needs to be nimble

The future of global trading revolves around neutral, high-speed services and sophisticated trading functionality. Simon Nathanson, CEO of Stockholm-based global agency brokerage firm and technology provider Neonet, looks at the exciting prospects of this ever-changing marketplace

Corporate governance played its part in the financial fallout. Now it must aid recovery, says Marcello Bianchi