UAE
Latest news | 12 Dec 17
Implications of blacklisting for UAE
UAE officials should not be overly concerned about the jurisdiction’s inclusion in the European Union’s tax haven blacklist, despite pledging to get it removed, an international tax expert has said.
UAE questions US omission from tax haven blacklist
Dubai wealth managers have questioned why countries like the US and Switzerland have been left off the EU tax haven blacklist but the UAE has been included.
Latest news | 29 Nov 17
The year of reckoning in the UAE… or not?
A lot of gloom is found in Insight Discovery’s flagship Middle East Investment Panorama (MEIP) for 2017, says its chief executive Nigel Sillitoe. Some 63% of advisers saw their clients’ lack of willingness to invest as a threat. Meanwhile, there were not many optimists. Only 18% of advisers saw their clients’ readiness to invest as an opportunity.
Majority of expats living in UAE have no income protection
Research from Zurich International has found that 75% of expats living in the United Arab Emirates do not have protection against loss of income as a result of illness, incapacity or premature death.
Best Practice | 22 Nov 17
Analysis: UAE faces up to a new way of doing business
Regulatory changes proposed by the UAE Insurance Authority could completely change the way business is done in the region.