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Ahli United Bank Building a Pan-Regional Bank Based in the Gcc Volume XXVI, Number 1 Autumn 2015 £5.95 The Global Magazine of the Arab Bankers Association (ABA) AHLI UNITED BANK BUILDING A PAN-REGIONAL BANK BASED IN THE GCC IRAQI BANKS LOOK TO THE FUTURE HENLEY & PARTNERS AND LONDON & CAPITAL RESIDENCY, CITIZENSHIP AND INVESTMENTS SAUDI FINANCIAL MARKETS PREPARING FOR CHANGE THE FIGHT AGAINST FINANCIAL CRIME HOW TO ENGAGE WITH CHINESE BANKS UNDERSTANDING THE DIAMOND MARKET OVER £742M DRAWN DOWN BY MFL CLIENTS DURING 2014 7UJLHNHPU^VYRPUN[`WPJHSS`VUH;=++-;;764AIHZPZ5.4OHZHZZPZ[LKJSPLU[Z^P[O+7584-<-, HUK,:)?6,7?6MHJPSP[PLZVMHSTVZ[T,LHSZYHUNLPUZPaLMYVTJT^P[OUV\WWLYSPTP[ :LNHYKSLZZVM[OLZPaLVM[OLKLHS5.4^PSS[YLH[`V\PU[OLZHTLWYVMLZZPVUHSTHUULY œLSVUNLZ[HISPZOLK[LHTH[5.4PZH[[OLMVYLMYVU[VMZ[Y\J[\YLKYLHSLZ[H[LUHUJPUNWYVK\J[Z ?LTHPU[HPUYPNVYV\ZHUKSVUNZ[HUKPUNYLSH[PVUZOPWZ^P[OSLUKLYZVSKHUKUL^[VLUZ\YLV\Y JSPLU[ZOH]L[OLTH_PT\TL_WVZ\YL^OLUZLLRPUNUHUJL 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Lane, London W1K 1QR ^^^T\[\HSUHUJLJV\R AUTUMN 2015 CONTENTS 3 OVER £742M Volume XXVI, Number 1, Autumn 2015 DRAWN DOWN Contents1 BY MFL CLIENTS DURING 2014 › Letter from the Chief Executive Officer 6 7UJLHNHPU^VYRPUN[`WPJHSS`VUH;=++-;;764AIHZPZ5.4OHZHZZPZ[LKJSPLU[Z^P[O+7584-<-, › Letter from the Editor 7 HUK,:)?6,7?6MHJPSP[PLZVMHSTVZ[T,LHSZYHUNLPUZPaLMYVTJT^P[OUV\WWLYSPTP[ :LNHYKSLZZVM[OLZPaLVM[OLKLHS5.4^PSS[YLH[`V\PU[OLZHTLWYVMLZZPVUHSTHUULY › People and news 8 œLSVUNLZ[HISPZOLK[LHTH[5.4PZH[[OLMVYLMYVU[VMZ[Y\J[\YLKYLHSLZ[H[LUHUJPUNWYVK\J[Z ?LTHPU[HPUYPNVYV\ZHUKSVUNZ[HUKPUNYLSH[PVUZOPWZ^P[OSLUKLYZVSKHUKUL^[VLUZ\YLV\Y › JSPLU[ZOH]L[OLTH_PT\TL_WVZ\YL^OLUZLLRPUNUHUJL COVER STORY Ahli United Bank: building œLTHYRL[WSHJLMVYSLUKLYZOHZPUJYLHZLKK\YPUNHUK^LOH]LZLLUHKYHTH[PJU\TILYVM Cover: © Shutterstock a pan-regional bank based UL^LU[YHU[ZHUKL_JP[PUNSLUKLYZYL[\YUPUN[V[OLTHYRL[œLWYPJPUNPZNYHK\HSS`PTWYV]PUN^P[O in the GCC 12 THYNPUZHUKSLUKPUN[LYTZPTWYV]PUNPUYLJLU[TVU[OZ › Adel El-Labban: a modern banker with ARAB BANKERS ASSOCIATION Riverside Tower Penthouse Residential Equity Release traditional values 16 Chief Executive Officer Residential Development Investment Industrial Property George Kanaan Board of Directors › Banking system profile: Kuwait 18 THE PROPOSAL THE PROPOSAL THE PROPOSAL Chairman œLJSPLU[^HZHUL_WLYPLUJLK œLJSPLU[Z^LYLHOPNOUL[^VY[O œLJSPLU[^HZHULZ[HISPZOLKWYVWLY[` Abdulaziz al-Khereiji, Riyad Bank YLZPKLU[PHSKL]LSVWLY^P[OHNVVK MHTPS`MYVT[OL5PKKSL-HZ[œL` SHUKSVYK^P[OHZ\IZ[HU[PHSWVY[MVSPV Treasurer › COVER STORY OHKV^ULKHZ\IZ[HU[PHSYLZPKLU[PHS VMPUK\Z[YPHSWYVWLY[PLZSVJH[LK^P[OPU Samer Hijazi, KPMG [YHJRYLJVYK0LOHKV^ULK[OLZP[L Preparing for change in Saudi financial markets 20 SVJH[LKVUHWYPTLœHTLZZPKL WLU[OV\ZLHWHY[TLU[PU[OL:LNLU[Z [OL4VUKVUHYLHœYV\NOHZZL[ Corporate Secretary SVJH[PVUMVYZVTL`LHYZHUKPTWYV]LK 8HYRHYLHZ\IQLJ[[VHUL_PZ[PUN THUHNLTLU[[OLJSPLU[OHKNYLH[S` Vivien Davies, Edwin Coe LLP [OLWSHUUPUNJVUZLU[[VWYV]PKLH TVY[NHNL PUJYLHZLK[OLWVY[MVSPV]HS\LœL Directors › GCC banks: statistical overview 24 UL^YLZPKLU[[V^LYJVTWYPZPUN J\YYLU[SLUKLY^HZYLS\J[HU[[VHSSV^ George Kanaan, Chief Executive Officer Z[VYL`ZHUK\UKLYNYV\UKWHYRPUN œLL_PZ[PUNTVY[NHNLLOHKYLJLU[S` [OLJSPLU[[VYLSLHZLLX\P[`[VHZZPZ[PU Ziyad Akrouk, Europe Arab Bank JOHUNLKSLUKPUNWVSPJ`HUK^HZUV[ NYV^PUN[OLWVY[MVSPV Tarek Amer, National Bank of Egypt (UK) THE RESULT HISL[VL_[LUK[OLMHJPSP[` Farid Barakat, National Bank of Abu Dhabi › COVER STORY ?L^LYLHISL[VHZZPZ[[OLJSPLU[ THE RESULT Fawzi Dajani, National Bank of Kuwait Iraqi banks look ^P[OHqVULZ[VWZOVWrZLUPVYHUK THE RESULT 4PHPZPUN^P[OHUL^SLUKLY^OV Hani Kablawi, BNY Mellon Q\UPVYMHJPSP[`WYV]PKPUNOPT ?LZWVRL[VHU\TILYVMSLUKLYZ NYHZWLK[OLJSPLU[pZI\ZPULZZPKLHZ^L Fuad Khadder, HSBC to the future 26 Charbel Khazen, Gulf International Bank ^OV\UKLYZ[VVK[OLMHTPS`pZ ^LYLHISL[VZLJ\YLHUL^MHJPSP[` SVHU[VJVZ[MHJPSP[`œLJSPLU[^HZ Bert de Ruiter, QIB (UK) UV[YLX\PYLK[VHKKHU`HKKP[PVUHS IHJRNYV\UKHUKOPZ[VY`?P[O[OPZ 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