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  • CESR Adopts Common Supervisory Approaches Concerning The Classification Of Hedge Fund Indices As Financial Indices For The Purposes Of The UCITS Directive

    Date 17/07/2007

    CESR publishes today its final Level 3 guidelines on the classification of hedge fund indices as financial indices (Ref. CESR/07-434, with a feedback statement Ref. CESR/07-433). These guidelines are part of the “CESR’s guidelines concerning eligible assets for investment by UCITS” (CESR/07-044, March 2007). These measures address the issue as to whether hedge fund indices could be prop

  • CESR Adopts Common Supervisory Approaches Concerning The Classification Of Hedge Fund Indices As Financial Indices For The Purposes Of The UCITS Directive

    Date 17/07/2007

    CESR publishes today its final Level 3 guidelines on the classification of hedge fund indices as financial indices (Ref. CESR/07-434, with a feedback statement Ref. CESR/07-433). These guidelines are part of the “CESR’s guidelines concerning eligible assets for investment by UCITS” (CESR/07-044, March 2007). These measures address the issue as to whether hedge fund indices could be prop

  • MENA Financial Group Opens Office At DIFC

    Date 17/07/2007

    MENA Financial Group announced today that it has been granted a licence by the Dubai Financial Service Authority (DFSA) to operate as an authorised firm in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). From their offices at the DIFC, the MENA Financial Group will provide a wide range of financial and investment services, including corporate finance, underwriting, stock broking and asset/fund management services to its clients throughout the region.

  • Egypt Is To Become The First Arab And First African Country To Sign The OECD Investment Declaration

    Date 17/07/2007

    On 11 July 2007, Egypt became the first Arab and first African country signing the OECD Investment Declaration. This marks a new stage in Egypt's drive to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI). A series of policy reforms have helped to underpin a fifteen-fold increase in Egypt's FDI between 2001 and 2006. FDI reached a record USD 9 billion in the first three quarters of its 2007 fiscal year compared with USD 6.1 billion for the whole of 2006.

  • Wiener Börse Launches Kazakhstan Index, KTX

    Date 17/07/2007

    With today’s launch of the Kazakh Traded Index (KTX), Wiener Börse has gone one step further East, and as of now, will calculate the index tracking the most important companies in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh Traded Index includes the most actively traded stocks and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) of companies with their principal business activities in Kazakhstan and listed on the London Stock Exchange: Kazkommerzbank, Kazakhmys, KazMunaiGas Exploration Production, Halyk Savings Bank and KazakhG