Sector: FX & Money Markets

Standard Chartered’s hires point to a growing appetite for FICC traders

Standard Chartered’s decision to bolster its FICC trading team in Dubai is indicative of a sector that is slowly heating up in the Middle East. The bank has announced five senior appointments within its FICC team within the DIFC, and has said that it plans to expand its platform in the GCC in the future. [...]

By Paul Clarke, 7 September 2010 • 0 comments

Are Arabs from Venus and Westerners from Mars?

There’s no shortage of Western bankers in Dubai. But culturally, are Arabs and Westerners planets apart? Maybe – Kwintessential, a consultancy which specializes in such things, says Arabs tend to be more tactile than Western businessmen: “Be prepared to be held, touched, kissed and felt. Recoiling from such behavior would seem cold.” On the other [...]

By Paul Clarke, 11 April 2008 • 8 comments

Is it still a man’s world?

Are more women in the Gulf breaking into top-level positions in financial services, or is it still a male-dominated industry? Figures from the US Equal Opportunity Commission paint a cosmopolitan picture of the industry state-side. In the banking/credit arena, women make up 48.6% of the workforce, whereas in the securities market – the sector with [...]

By Paul Clarke, 19 March 2008 • 5 comments