Analysis - Finance and Economy
Financial crisis highlights need for GCC Corporate Governance
The way Mutlaq al-Morished sees it, corporate governance has to start at the very top if it is to... Read full article »
GCC Board Directors Institute surveys create regional picture
Since 2009, the GCC Board Directors Institute (BDI) has been conducting surveys of regional board... Read full article »
Interview: Maryam al-Suwaidi, deputy CEO, licensing, supervision, enforcement affairs SCA
The Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA), as the regulator of listed companies in the UAE,... Read full article »
Interview: Rasheed Al-Maraj, the governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain
In 2010, the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) helped formulate a new corporate governance code for... Read full article »
Interview: Mohammed al-Shroogi, President of Gulf business at Investcorp
Investcorp was one of the founding corporations of the GCC Board Directors Institute (BDI) in... Read full article »
Gulf banks outperformed global counterparts in 2012
After achieving profits that were much higher than their counterparts across the world, GCC banks... Read full article »
How Europe's banks can return to health
When the first bailouts of European banks occurred in 2008 the reaction of many banks and... Read full article »
Sports sponsorships still in vogue in the Gulf
Countries and companies in the GCC continue to pump millions of dollars into sports partnerships... Read full article »
"We all need to be entrepreneurs now" says Regus boss
Apparently everyone wants to be an entrepreneur - and everyone has the resources to be one. Mark Dixon, CEO of multinational serviced office firm Regus, discusses our current 'fascination' with starting and running a business from scratch.
Challenges but 'no lack of talent' for Gulf workforce nationalisation
As GCC states continue to nationalise their workforces the main challenges they face are... Read full article »
