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New Islamic cross currency swap standard publishedThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) have published a new Islamic hedging product standard, the ISDA/IIFM Himaayah Min Taqallub As‘aar Assarf (Islamic Cross Curr More… |
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Skills swapping platform launched in DubaiSwappaholics Holdings, an innovative startup, that recently graduated from the TURN8 Accelerator programme (Round 4) in Dubai, has launched a skills swapping portal, a disruptive platform, modeled after the barter trade system that will allow More… |
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Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels swap prisonersUkraine's government and pro-Russian separatists on Friday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war while Kiev said it would suspend all train and bus service to Crimea, effectively creating a transportation blockade to and from the region. More… |
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China signs $6bn currency swap with QatarChina's central bank has signed a 35 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) currency swap deal with its Qatari counterpart, in a step towards expanding use of the Chinese yuan in a region long dominated by the US dollar. The deal is expe More… |
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US soldier flies to freedom after Afghan prisoner swapThe sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was being flown to a US military hospital in Germany on Sunday, after he was dramatically freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in C More… |
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Mubadala, Shell swap Malaysia oilfield stakesAbu Dhabi-based Mubadala Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell have swapped equity stakes in two exploration blocks off Malaysia, the companies said on Sunday. Mubadala has taken a 20 per cent interest in the Shell-operated deepwater Bl More… |
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Mis-sold swaps may cost UK banks billionsBritish banks face another round of compensation claims that could total billions of pounds after the regulator found they had widely mis-sold complex interest-rate hedging products to small businesses. The interest-rate swaps are More… |
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Syria rebels free 48 Iranians in prisoner swapSyrian rebels freed 48 Iranian hostages on Wednesday in exchange for the release of more than 2,000 civilian prisoners held by the Syrian government, the head of a Turkish aid agency which helped broker the deal said. The Syrian r More… |
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IIFM to launch template for profit-rate swapsInternational Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) is set to launch a template for Sharia-compliant profit-rate swaps, designed to help in hedging risk in frequent cross-currency transactions next year, said its chief executive. Ijlal Alvi said More… |
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US cracks down on commodity tradersThe United States is set to pass narrowly on Tuesday its toughest measures yet to curtail speculation in commodity markets, likely shifting the focus of a fierce four-year debate from the regulators to the courts. In a measure decried by W More… |
