This review covers the mergers and acquisitions made between 1-Jul to 30-Sep-2016 in the global retail and consumer goods sector for transactions, for which the deal value has been disclosed. The M&A data have been collated from company press releases and...
As governments around the world look to small and mid-size enterprises as engines of growth, trade and job creation, a significant challenge stands in the way: hundreds of billions of dollars of pent-up demand for trade finance. This financing can be used as export...
The FATF has defined “Money Laundering” as the processing of criminal proceeds to disguise their origin in order to legitimize the illegally-gained proceeds; and “Trade Based Money Laundering” (TBML)as the process of disguising the proceeds of crime and moving value...
On March 8th we celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s a celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for fast-tracking gender equality – and this is according to the organization that...
The global M&A transactions in the first quarter of 2017 in the e-commerce sector, has crossed $1 billion with top e-commerce and brick & mortar players such as Amazon, Alibaba and Walmart acquiring regional and niche e-commerce startups. Description of Deal...
VAT is about to mark the beginning of a new era for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by bringing in a fundamental shift in the countries revenue collection. As the GCC member states are to adopt Value Added Tax (VAT) on 1 January 2018, companies are on a...
Recently, The World Investment Report 2017 by United Nations’ Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that the UAE is the 12th most earned foreign direct investment (FDI) with an impressive inflow of $9 billion in 2016. The report also reveals that other...
Deciding which auditor to hire can be a bit tedious as it involves your company’s financial stability. Ideally, the relationship between a company and the auditor should be long and beneficial for both parties. Since the stakes are considerably high in choosing the...
With only half a year left before the implementation of the 5% VAT in UAE (value added tax) roll out, a lot of questions about its regulation are still hanging in the air. We compiled the top three frequently asked questions and try to answer some of it. Will the cost...
Value Added Tax (VAT) – A tax on transaction; the concept is quite simple in theory, yet from a business perspective, the changes that the tax entails are often huge. It is a fact that the introduction of VAT system in the UAE will not just affect the end-consumers,...
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