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  • CISI Partners With Kuwait’s Leading University To Expand Financial Syllabus - Strategic Agreement Gives GUST Students The Ability To Acquire Professional Qualification For Future Financial Careers

    Date 17/07/2017

    The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), the professional body that sets global standards for the financial planning, wealth management and capital markets professions has partnered with the Gulf Financial Center (GFC) of the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) to embed CISI certifications into finance degrees. This provides students with access to professional qualifications, which were previously unavailable to them.

  • Al Mawared Brokerage Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report, 17 July 2017

    Date 17/07/2017

    Market News

    • Foreign currency deposits at Jordanian banks increased by 4.5% during the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year, while total deposits decreased by 1.5%. Foreign currency deposits stood at JD 7.219 billion, increasing from JD 6.93 billion (a net positive of JD 287.6 million). Foreign currency deposits at Jordanian banks account for 22.2% of total deposits at end of May 2017, compared to 21% for the same period last year. (Al Ghad)
    • Loans granted by Jordanian banks increased by JD 863 million during the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year to reach JD 23.768 billion; an increase of 3.7%. (Al Ghad)
    • Jordan welcomed an agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Israel regarding the Red Sea – Dead Sea canal, a World Bank-sponsored project that aims to build a 200 km pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea with desalination and power generation plants along the way. (Jordan Times)
    • Central Bank of Jordan reports that remittances sent to Jordan by Jordanians working abroad during the first five months of this year amounted to JD 1.05 billion, a JD 17 million increase over the same period last year. (Jordan Times)
    • Tourism receipts increased by 14.5% to $ 2.1 billion during the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year. The number of tourists by 9.9%. (Al Ghad)
    • ASE stated that shares of listed companies that miss the deadline for disclosure of financial results for H1 2017 will be suspended from trading until such disclosure requirement is met.

  • FSB Welcomes New Insurance Accounting Standard

    Date 17/07/2017

    On 18 May, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 17, setting out a single, consistent approach to the accounting for insurance contracts. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) welcomes the final publication of this standard, which was identified as a high priority at the FSB Plenary meeting of 25 September 2015.

  • Monthly Report: Clearstream Readies For CSD-Regulation

    Date 17/07/2017

    • CSDR to further harmonise European settlement sector and strengthen asset safety
    • CSD applications due end September 2017
    • Asset safety a key concern for Clearstream

  • The Unstoppable Rise Of Alternatives - Total Global Alternative Assets Under Management Swells To Almost $6.5 Trillion

    Date 17/07/2017

    The world’s largest 100 alternative asset managers saw assets under management increase by 10% in 2016, rising to $4.0 trillion, according to the 2017 edition of Willis Towers Watson’s Global Alternatives Survey. The survey, which captures long-term institutional investment trends by seven main investor groups across ten alternative asset classes, showed that of the top 100 alternative investment managers, real estate managers have the largest share of assets (35% and over $1.4 trillion), followed by private equity fund managers (18% and $695bn), hedge funds (17% and $675bn), private equity funds of funds (PEFoFs) (12% and $492bn), illiquid credit (9% and 360bn), funds of hedge funds (FoHFs) (6% and $228bn), infrastructure (4% and 161bn) and commodities (1%).