Company: RP International

IT rush in Middle East banks

Financial techie types can cash in on Middle Eastern banks’ focus on security. Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force predicts banks and financial institutions in the region are set to spend $2bn on IT this year and next – mainly centred on risk management to guard against fraud and money laundering. Henry [...]

By Paul Clarke, 28 February 2008 • 14 comments

Gulf gasping for debt professionals

A 40% increase in debt issues in the GCC last year has firms desperate for more, and DCM professionals are increasingly hot property. A record $107bn was raised through syndicated lending in the GCC last year – two thirds of it in the UAE – according to the latest Thomson IFR Briefings. And this was [...]

By Paul Clarke, 17 January 2008 • 1 comment