Boursa Kuwait, CFA to launch stock market schoolBoursa Kuwait has partnered with CFA Institute to launch Boursa Academy aiming to educate the public on the fundamentals of investing in the stock market. The content will be derived from the CFA Institute Investment Foundat More… |
Kaplan acquires UAE financial training instituteKaplan, a leading international provider of training and education services, has acquired Genesis Institute, a leading provider of financial training solutions, to further facilitate training and development in the Middle East region. More… |
Brexit ‘won’t impact Dubai’s global financial standing’Seventy-one per cent of the UAE members of the CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, said that Brexit will not impact Dubai’s competitiveness as a global financial centre, in a new survey. Furthe More… |
Sico adopts CFA’s asset management standardsSecurities and Investment Company (Sico), a Bahrain-based conventional wholesale bank, has joined a select group of Mena asset managers that are compliant with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) issued by the CFA Institute, repor More… |
16,000 candidates pass CFA examCFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has announced that nearly 16,000 candidates have passed the Level III CFA Exam held in June and are set to begin their journey as investment management professionals. It More… |
VAT ‘will lead to higher inflation rates across GCC’Introducing the Value Added Tax (VAT) will lead to higher inflation rates across the GCC, according to financial and investment professionals in the UAE. This is one of the results of a survey undertaken by the CFA Society Emirates, the More… |
New programme launched for fresh graduates in BahrainCFA Society Bahrain, an association for local investment professionals, has announced that the 2016 round of its fresh graduate development programme called Mutamahin, will officially start on Saturday. The programme, which means ‘appren More… |
VAT ‘to increase cost of doing business in GCC’The introduction of a Value-Added Tax (VAT) to GCC countries will increase the cost of doing business and compliance for firms, said 61 per cent of the respondents to a survey. This will discourage foreign direct investment (FDI), accor More… |
CFA Society Bahrain launches annual research challengesCFA Society Bahrain has launched its annual research challenge which will see 25 students in five teams from four universities competing for a place in the CFA Institute Research Challenge 2015-16 regional final in the US. The four universitie More… |
CFA Society Bahrain appoints new boardCFA Society Bahrain, an association for local investment professionals, has announced the appointment of a new board following an election at the annual general meeting. The new board for the next two years is led by Mahmoud Nawar as president More… |