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France to host meet on ‘Islamic finance’
PARIS (KUNA): The French Senate, or upper house of parliament, announced here Thursday that it is organizing two round table discussions May 14 to examine the role France can play in attracting Islamic funds and the opportunities opening up to work with Islamic funds on international finance markets. The sessions will be presided over by the Senates Finance Commission president Jean Arthuis and will include participants from a variety of financial and investment bodies. The first round table will examine “the integration of Islamic finance in the global financial system” and seek to determine the challenges for France in this area, the Senate said in a statement. According to the statement, Islamic funds are now valued at around 700 billion dollars and have a “recognized growth potential” but these funds remain centred in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where they continue to grow. Read more
No commentsNZX takes softer line with rebel finance firms

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The Stock Exchange appears to have taken a step back on its battle with listed finance companies to make certain information public.
Last Friday NZX asked all its listed finance companies, or listed companies with significant finance arms, to provide “material” information about the state of their finances.
It wanted monthly updates on several matters including: the reinvestment rate of investors for the month to date; the debt being serviced for the month to date; the anticipated income for the following month. Read more
No commentsSMEs to tap alternate finance sources: CII

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The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in the country will be increasingly looking at non-traditional sources for financing needs, a business outlook survey conducted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) revealed Read more
No commentsBrand matters most in insurance business growth

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Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance is the second largest private life insurer in India. At the helm of Bajaj Allianz is Kamesh Goyal, regional CEO for Allianz Middle-East, North Africa and South Asia Region and CEO Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. In an interface with ET, Mr Goyal speaks of his strategy for this high growth market. Read more
No commentsBusiness scepticism over ‘glowing’ economic forecast

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New figures from Access Economics show Tasmania’s economy is in a strong position, and business confidence is growing.
However Tasmania’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) is not convinced it is all good news. Read more
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1 commentHollow Men ‘may breach electoral finance act’

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Wellington lawyer and National Party candidate Stephen Franks says the coverage of the Electoral Finance Act is so wide it may unwittingly capture the play The Hollow Men.
Mr Franks has raised the issue of the play, being staged at Auckland’s Maidment Theatre, with the Electoral Commission, seeking an interpretation of whether it fits the Act’s definition of election advertising. Read more
No commentsCIT Focuses On Finance

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Steep dividend cuts and losses in their company’s home- and consumer-lending divisions didn’t seem to faze CIT Group’s investors, who were happy to bid up the stock on hopes for a future focused on the firm’s commercial finance business. Read more
CMS Forex Goes Wireless with the Release of VT Mobile Trader

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CMS Forex announced the release of its Java based platform, VT Mobile Trader. This revolutionary application features comprehensive trading on cellular phones as well as other handheld devices. “VT Mobile gives our clients the same platform quality and advanced charting and technical analysis tools of VT Trader, but with the freedom to trade nearly anywhere at any time and with data updated in real time,” said Eugene Hawkin, COO of Capital Market Services, LLC. Read more
No commentsGordon Brown’s US speech calls for new global finance rules

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An international early warning system should be established to ensure that future credit squeezes are identified and dealt with before the effects become widespread, says Gordon Brown.
In a foreign policy speech in Boston, the Prime Minister urged America to join him in pushing for reform of the major international institutions including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Read more
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