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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 20th February 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,888 (-2.5%)/ $2,005 (-2.5%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 11.2bn and the weekly trading […]
Erbil's IKG Property has issued its Q4 2013 Report which covers Erbil’s Industrial, Retail and Residential markets. The report gives an overview of each sector, explores the supply and demand dynamics and give a brief snapshot of the serviced apartment sector. Click here to download the report from our Reports section.
By John Lee. Standard Chartered has announced the appointment of Ahmed Muallah as Managing Director and Head of its Wholesale Banking business in Iraq. Commenting on the appointment, Gavin Wishart, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Iraq said: “This appointment comes as another testament to our long term commitment to Iraq. Standard Chartered is bringing its best international financial business […]
By John Lee. The French Ambassador in Baghdad Dennis Gauer (pictured) has accompanied a delegation from the French Foreign Ministry including Jean Francois Giraud, Head of the North Africa and Middle East Department at the ministry. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and his ministry's head of the Europe Department greeted the delegation, and issues such […]
The British Embassy has the pleasure to invite you to bid for funds from the Arab Partnership Participation Fund (APPF) for the financial year 2014/2015. The Arab Partnership Participation Fund (APPF), led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) focuses on three priority areas: · political participation · freedom of expression and public voice · […]
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 […]
By Robert Tollast. Lynne Yelich, the Canadian Minister of State for Foreign and Consular Affairs, has completed a 3 day trade mission visiting Basra, Baghdad and Erbil. It is the first Canadian mission of its kind to Iraq in 25 years, and saw the opening of a Canadian trade office in Erbil. Her delegation was […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 13th February 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,936 (-0.1%)/ $2,056 (-0.1%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 13.8bn and the weekly trading […]
Capstone Meetings Highlight Policies to Attract Private Investment and Advance Iraq’s Economic Development The U.S. Embassy’s Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, Robin Matthewman (pictured), joined high-level Iraqi officials and international experts in opening a two-day series of “Capstone Meetings” to discuss ways to attract private investment into Iraq. The National Investment Commission (NIC) of Iraq […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 16th January 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,889 (+1.9%)/ $2,005 (+1.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 4.3bn and the weekly trading […]
By Ayser Jabbar for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq is not attracting domestic capital belonging to its citizens. Inadequate economic and investment policies in addition to widespread corruption have contributed to a new migration of Iraqi capital. This time, capital […]
The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Sunday that it has received a memo from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Basel Switzerland announcing that it will accept more deposits from Iraq. “This procedure will contribute in increasing Iraq’s money revenues after keeping it in a very secure location,” the Central Bank explained. The […]
