Pakistan is fully compliant on 14 action points,” Lubna Farooq told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday. The implementation report will be sent to the FATF by August 6, the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong moves to create regional hub for insurance-linked securities
Hong Kong is on track to soon join the UK and Singapore as newly minted hubs for insurance-linked securities. This is a field long dominated by offshore jurisdictions such as Berm ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Commerce official joins Taiwan’s MediaTek as lobbyist: source, document
A U.S. Commerce Department official who served as a liaison to businesses is joining Taiwan-based chip supplier MediaTek Inc as a top lobbyist as the company seeks to ramp up its presence in ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar eyes $1.5 bn stake in JioFiber
“Qatar Investment may invest $1.5-2 billion in RIL’s fibre business." Citigroup Global Markets, Moelis and Co. and ICICI Securities Ltd have been hired by Reliance as investment bankers for the ... ( read original story ...)
New Dubai Chamber Study Finds Dubai Businesses That Prioritized CSR Initatives Have Responded Comparatively Better To The COVID-19 Crisis
The survey, conducted in May and June 2020, showed that giving importance and adhering to institutional guidelines on employee health, safety and wellbeing, has helped the business community in ... ( read original story ...)
Key business entities join forces with Dubai Business Events
Dubai Business Events (DBE), the city’s official convention bureau, has signed eight memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with entities across the public and private sector, formalising and reinforcing ... ( read original story ...)
‘Sri Lanka Business Today’ sole representative at AIM in UAE
Opening up a new avenue of investment to the country, ‘Sri Lanka Business Today’ company has been appointed as Sri Lankan sole representative to promote Dubai’s largest investment forum, Annual ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen’s separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal
Yemen’s leading separatist group says it will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered by Saudi Arabia ... ( read original story ...)
5 Best Business Practices For M’sian Freelancers To Stay In LHDN’s Good Books
But running your own business doesn’t simply mean that the income can be dumped into a personal savings account in the form of “pocket money”. Despite being a freelancer or self-employed, there are ... ( read original story ...)
As Uzbekistan’s public health system buckles, state handout for private university tied to Tashkent mayor triggers anger
With public health infrastructure in Uzbekistan’s capital under severe strain, questions are being raised over a generous state handout for a new private medical university launched by a conglomerate ... ( read original story ...)