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Quality control in an artisan jewellery studio, South Africa
From the art of making a compelling sales pitch to a sign of quality in some of the world’s most desirable objects, the value of clarity should not be underestimated.
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17 July, 2023
Finding company information in the MEA region: a 5-step guide
Anyone who has invested or done research in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will know the challenge of finding reliable sources of company information. To help you get started, we have put together this five-step guide of...
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18 October, 2022
Company research in Francophone Africa: Instructions not included
Picture the scene: your new, long-awaited piece of flatpack furniture has arrived and now you need to assemble it. Except that there are pieces missing, and no instructions – and even if instructions are included, they are in an...
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3 May, 2020
Ultimate beneficial ownership in the UAE
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has just published its assessment of the UAE’s efforts to implement anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing measures (AML/CTF)....
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4 February, 2020
Identity crisis? LEIs and their role in promoting clarity and compliance
The first step in any transaction or compliance process is to identify the entity that is your counterparty. Relying on entity names alone is too ambiguous, particularly when you consider the variables that are generated by...
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8 January, 2019
Vulnerability in the supply chain
As business models become more complex, employees more technologically empowered and cross-border partnerships becoming more the norm, the on-boarding of new suppliers and supply chains puts every organisation into a position of...
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10 December, 2018
Family offices – here today, gone tomorrow?
A startling statistic about the family wealth sector in the Gulf region, is that only 6% of family offices last more than two generations. This is especially concerning if you consider that in this region alone, they represent a...
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21 November, 2018
Understanding the Family Offices of the GCC
It is a universally acknowledged truth that no two family offices are the same, varying as they do by factors such as size, structure, outlook and investment strategies, among others....
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10 September, 2017
Private family offices: the role of the investment committee
When looking at decision-making within private family offices in the MENA region, it is perhaps natural to focus on the Chief Investment Officer (CIO), or equivalent position. This role is generally taken by an investment...
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15 December, 2016
Avoiding the translation pitfalls
For anyone who has spent any time trying to research subjects in the MENA region, they will doubtless be aware of the difficulties in confidently identifying target individuals and organisations. Whilst almost all international...
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14 April, 2016
The value of clarity – what have the Panama Papers taught us?
As the media hysteria around the so-called Panama Papers begins to subside, it is time to consider what this episode has taught us, if anything – and that does not include the hardly stunning revelation that celebrities,...