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The history of money in Islam starts with the use of the Roman Byzantine gold denarius (dinar) and the Persian silver drachma (dirham). Today, we are dealing with new forms of money and assets.
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Effective risk management is a value-adding activity which impacts the achievement of organisational strategy and objectives, the stability of earnings and bottom line performance. Risk also affects an organisation’s credit rating, share price and reputation.
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ESG-based investment vehicles have gained enormous prominence in the past two years. The ESG premium on the S&P500 has gone from negative to positive, where it has stayed for over a year. Why is this so and what are the forces at play that has made this happen? This program explores the main investment themes and goes into detail with the most popular ESG indices. According to a recent Bloomberg Intelligence report, global ESG-based...
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Sound asset-liability management is crucial if banks are in future to avoid the pitfalls highlighted by the global financial crisis 2007-9. Banks failed for very basic reasons, including liquidity mismanagement, and financial product complexity. Financial innovations and a fast-changing economic environment provide opportunities to gain but can also create significant risks. Managing these risks without losing sight of getting the basics right...
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During his visit to the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced 31 May as the date of entry into force of the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA), following the expected completion of UK domestic processes.
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The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery will be at Eye of the Collector, London's boutique art fair today and tomorrow, 19-20 June.. The fair takes place at Two Temple Place, WC2R 3BD, the Jacobethan mansion created by William Waldorf Astor at the end of the Nineteenth Century.
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ESG-based investment vehicles have gained enormous prominence in the past two years. The ESG premium on the S&P500 has gone from negative to positive, where it has stayed for over a year. 1
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In his current body of work Sylvain Lefebvre takes us into the untamed forests of his imagination. It is a surreal world inspired by the long-lost flora of the Carboniferous Era (some 345 million years ago), a terrain of dense arboreal canopies, flowering palms and squat crimson trees, yet peopled, here, with oddly domestic figures - and unmistakably wild beasts – all carrying out their everyday tasks and rituals with blithe assurance.
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This Easter weekend, inspired by Spring Festivals from around the world, the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery brings you a series of works inspired by the symbols of new life, hope and joy.
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Content Types: ArticleRegions & Countries: United KingdomIndustries: Art & Culture
Avital Sheffer is an Australian-based ceramicist, who creates anthropomorphic and architectural earthenware vessels enriched with calligraphic patterning. Born and educated in Israel, Sheffer brings a deep engagement with the rich and multi-faceted cultures of the ancient Middle–East to her work. The complex histories, mythologies and iconographies of this world inspire and inform her designs.