Iraq Business News brings you the latest Iraq banking & finance news, with information on developments and opportunities.
Gulf Keystone has announced that it has mandated Deutsche Bank and Pareto Securities to arrange a series of fixed income investor meetings in the US, Europe and Asia commencing 20 March 2014. A debt offering of up to US$250 million in accordance with Reg S/144A is expected to follow, subject to market conditions. On 13 […]
By John Lee. T Rowe Price has reportedly been selling some of its Iraqi government debt, in anticipation of renewed political turmoil in the country. Investment Week reports that the fund manager has been overweight in Iraq for several years, and at one time was the largest Iraqi debt holder. The company's emerging market debt […]
By John Lee. The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) has announced plans to open a branch in Kurdistan this year. Abdul-Karim Bujeery, CEO of the bank, said: "The expansion in Kurdistan Region will be the next step to the bank , if the study of market [leads] to positive results." The bank hsa appointed […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Baghdad's Financial Blockade: Iraqi Kurdistan Talks Independence While Locals Strike Conflict between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan over oil exports has resulted in something of a financial crisis in the northern region. […]
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani welcomed the British international bank Standard Chartered to Kurdistan on Monday at the inauguration ceremony of its Erbil branch. Mr. Barzani outlined the need for an improved banking sector in Kurdistan. He said, “I believe the time has come for us to seriously examine international financial practices […]
By Michael Carr, Anglo Arab Insurance Brokers (AAIB). Iraq’s Massive Potential – The Promise from Trade and Investment The newly appointed Baroness Nicholson as the United Kingdoms Trade Envoy to Iraq underscores the view felt by some senior business interests, that “Iraq has massive potential … the future is very good indeed (and) it’s a […]
Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest major new guide to business in Iraq. Published by Allurentis, in association with Iraq’s National Investment Commission (NIC) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the fifth edition in the annual New Iraq series - The New Iraq: 2014 Discovering Business - contains a wealth of […]
On February 16, The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concluded a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the Republic of Iraq to provide a loan of up to 39.118 billion yen for the Port Sector Rehabilitation Project (Phase II), at the Ministry of Finance, Baghdad. This is the 20th loan agreement under the Japanese ODA loan […]
#wearethepeople has been tweeted more than four million times in the past three weeks. It looks like an anti-government protest, but who’s really behind it? The Trending team investigates how financial ‘gurus’ are using the hashtag to encourage people to buy Iraqi dinar. Click here to listen to the report from BBC. (Source: BBC) (Iraqi […]
We all know that there are risks to doing business in Iraq, but there are also tremendous opportunities, and in this week's newsletter you can read many examples of companies seizing these opportunities and contributing to the much-needed redevelopment of the country. To keep you informed of new opportunities that might be of interest to […]
Capital Banking Solutions, a provider of end-to-end banking software for retail, corporate, private and Islamic banks, has announced that Sumer Commercial Bank has selected CapitalBanker as its core banking system to be implemented in over 10 branches throughout 2014. With Sumer Commercial Bank as the 5th Iraqi bank to sign with Capital Banking Solutions, Capital […]
By John Lee. British-based bank Standard Chartered is to open its first branch in Iraqi Kurdistan early next month, reports Reuters. Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Iraq, Gavin Wishart, told the news agency that the business environment in Kurdistan was "progressive" and described the pace of development as "encouraging". The bank opened its country […]
