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  • February

    SEC charges against short selling violations 03 February 2012

    Two brothers living in Chicago and New York have been charged for naked short selling

  • January

    Bahrain: one year on 25 January 2012

    When the Arab Spring reached Bahrain a year ago the asset management and asset servicing sectors felt immediate pain. The central bank and local banks are optimistic but much depends on the actions of the authorities, finds Stephanie Baxter

  • BNY Mellon hires EMEA client management head 24 January 2012

    New hire replaces Hani Kablawi, who has been appointed head of EMEA Asset Servicing for BNY Mellon

  • Boomgaardt leaves State Street 20 January 2012

    State Street has also hired JPMorgan's global transition management head

  • BNY Mellon reorganises asset servicing teams 19 January 2012

    BNY Mellon has made changes to it asset servicing mangement teams across a number of regions

  • Emerging market risk accelerated in 2011 17 January 2012

    The risk level of emerging markets increased more quickly than that of developed markets last year, according to Aegis Advisory

  • Birgen leaves HSBC 13 January 2012

    Germain Birgen, global head of fund solutions for HSBC Securities Services (HSS) and HSBC’s Islamic securities services business, in Luxembourg, has left the bank

  • Sub-custody survey: Middle East and Africa 11 January 2012

    Part of the worldwide Global Investor/ISF 2012 sub-custody guide and survey

  • Beneficial owners survey results announced 09 January 2012

    Three lenders led the way in this year’s Global Investor/ISF’s Beneficial Owners Survey, which includes additional tables and expanded analysis compared with previous years

  • BNY Mellon hires new research manager 09 January 2012

    BNY Mellon Investment Management appoints former Russell Investments managing director

  • iShares Emea reports strong growth in 2011 09 January 2012

    The Emea business of iShares predicts that ETFs will be very popular this year as investors return to the market

  • CEO profile: Shwan Taha, Rabee Securities 05 January 2012

    Twenty five years of war and sanctions have devastated the Iraq economy – but for Shwan Taha, chairman of Baghdad-based Rabee Securities, now is the perfect time to invest in a nation that is rebuilding from scratch. Aaron Woolner reports

  • Finding the future in thematic investing 05 January 2012

    Opinion may be divided on whether thematic investing is a new concept, but there is little doubt that it will exercise the minds of investors for the foreseeable future. Paul Golden reports

  • iShares announces EMEA job cuts 05 January 2012

    BlackRock says it is focused on driving down costs in the face of challenging markets

  • Middle East Awards 2011: the winners 03 January 2012

    The second Global Investor Middle East Awards took place in Dubai, following our annual investment conference

 

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