Middle East

Middle East | 13 Sep 16

Israel’s high court has rejected a lawsuit to block the implementation of America’s foreign account tax compliance act (Fatca) despite claims that it violates the country’s basic law on human dignity and liberty.

Investment | 7 Sep 16

Islamic insurance company earnings in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are relatively weak and unevenly distributed, hampered by an overcrowded market and a focus on low-margin retail products, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Middle East | 6 Sep 16

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to get a new bankruptcy law for businesses, including a new regulatory body for financial restructuring, which is designed in part to remove the threat of jail for executives of companies facing financial distress.

Middle East | 2 Sep 16

The Dubai International Financial Centre, an independently regulated free zone in the UAE, has seen strong growth in business tenants and the size of its workforce for the first six months of 2016.

Emerging Markets | 1 Sep 16

Share prices in Qatar have weakened after global index provider FTSE Russell named the 22 Qatari companies that will be included in its Secondary Emerging Market Index, when it upgrades Qatar from ‘Frontier‘ status later this month.