Dubai school marks world’s first IB graduationDeira International School became the first educational institution in the world to graduate students from an ambitious international baccalaureate (IB) course--the IBCC--a pilot programme which the IB will formally launch worldwide in 2011. More… |
IB Asia signs 20 transactions in first yearThe Islamic Bank of Asia (IB Asia) has signed over 20 significant cross-border capital transactions worth more than $0.5 billion in its first year of business. More… |
Shariah scholars back Islamic finance growthThe Islamic Bank of Asia (IB Asia) is seeing an increase in investor interest for Islamic finance as the US sub-prime crisis continues. Two of the bank’s pre-eminent Shariah board members have seen a steadily-growing stream of interest fr More… |
IB poised to capitalise on GCC growthThe Islamic Bank of Asia (IB Asia) is poised to capitalise on the predicted double-digit growth in the GCC’s Islamic banking sector. It will officially launch its first office at the Bahrain Financial Harbour in May to develop IB Asia’s wh More… |