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RAK, UAE, and traditional tax havens
September 25th, 2015
What is the difference between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other popular tax havens? Why more and more international traders and investors find the UAE to be one of the best places to incorporate offshore companies for various ...
SCA Forces Electronic Connection with CBUAE on Brokerage Companies
September 16th, 2015
The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) forced UAE-based securities and commodities brokerage companies to work on activating electronic connection with the Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The purpose of this move ...
UAE shares rise sharply in line with US and oil price recovery
August 27th, 2015
UAE shares rose sharply on Thursday morning, on the back of US and Asian stock markets, and a rebound in the price of crude oil. Dubai’s headline index surged 4 per cent at the opening bell on Wednesday, and ...
UAE’s introduction of VAT will bolster the country’s global competitiveness
August 25th, 2015
The announcement of the planned introduction of a federal value-added tax (VAT) and a corporate tax in the UAE has stimulated a lot of discussion on what this means for the country and its residents. I have a slightly different view ...
UAE stocks get off lightly as global rout persists
August 25th, 2015
UAE investors helped local equities escape relatively unscathed yesterday, even as plummeting Chinese stocks and additional pressure on oil prices provoked a further global sell-off of shares. China’s Shanghai Composite plunged 8.4 per cent yesterday, despite a move by ...
UAE open to meeting Indian oil demand – UAE economy minister
August 20th, 2015
The United Arab Emirates is open to meeting any demand for oil from India, the Gulf OPEC member’s economy minister Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri told Reuters on Monday. Mansouri was speaking after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ...
Tax change is necessary to diversify UAE’s economy
August 14th, 2015
Step by step, the UAE is moving closer to implementing two laws that will change how the economy functions and how the country is perceived abroad. The first is a uniform corporate tax, which would apply to both domestic ...
The UAE: On the road to economic development
July 30th, 2015
In the past two years, the UAE has achieved three major milestones on the journey towards a sustainable and diverse economy. In 2014, the UAE’s stock exchanges were upgraded from ‘Frontier’ to ‘Emerging’ market status by the global markets ...
One Financial Markets Expands UAE Operations with Senior Appointments and New Offices
July 28th, 2015
One Financial Markets’ global growth continues, with the appointment of five former senior management team members from Alpari DMCC, new premises in Dubai, a new office in Abu Dhabi and further expansion in London. The ex-Alpari DMCC employees will ...
UAE investors’ top three goals
July 27th, 2015
UAE investors’ top three goals are buying a new home (25%), starting or investing in a new business venture (21%) and retirement (13%), according to Franklin Templeton Global Investor Sentiment Survey. Hafeez Abdullah, Chairman of ‘The H Holding Enterprise’, ...
