OBJECTIVES: To re-tool skills on risk management, update knowledge on all risk issues inherent in banking & finance business. PARTICIPANTS: Professionals in Credit, Risk & Compliance, Finance, Investment & Business Development.  

The 11th meeting of CG is expected to be attended by heads of the Arab Development Fund (Riyadh), the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (Kuwait), the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (Kuwait), the Abu Dhabi Development Fund (Abu Dhabi), the Arab Monetary Fund (Abu Dhabi), the Arab Bank for Economic Development in

The Law establishing the Bank, TKB only permits loans to be made to joint stock companies. In order to reach SMEs TKB has decided to implement apex lending as a new financial instrument. Since TKB does not have a branch network in February 2008, it has signed an apex lending agreement with Garanti Bank a

A delegation comprised of H.E. Bahruddin Yousef Habibi Former President of Indonesia, H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Swar Al-Dahab Former President of Sudan member of the Advisory Panel and H.E. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President of the IDB. Have visited the President of Indonesia in a bid to mobilize resources for the newly established Islamic Solidarity Fund

ALIDE TURNS 40: Challenges and prospects for Latin American and Carribean Development Banks ALIDE President, Dr. Nicola Angelucci, in making the keynote address during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) on January 24, 2008, noted that a group of 37 banks and development financing and promotion

The Association of Development Finance Institutions in the Member Countries of Islamic Development Bank elected new Chairman and New Secretary General. As Chairman was elected Br. Mehmet Emin Ozcan, Member of the Board, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi A.S.; and like Secretary General was elected Mr. Nuri Birtek.

The President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Mr. Jean-Louis Ekra and the Chairman of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim India) Mr. T.C Venkat Subramanian signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between both institutions at Eton Hotel, Shanghai on 16 May, 2007. This event marked a formal concre¬tization of what had been a very fruitful relationship between

In the framework of its Annual Meetings, the ADB Private Sector Department convened a consultation with managers of DFIs to discuss a number of proposals on the enhancement of collaboration between the African Development Bank (ADB) and the African DFIs, at the Shanghai International Convention Center on May 14, 2007. The proposals included the following:

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) held its 33rd Ordinary General Assembly in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China on 14 May, 2007. The Opening ceremony, the working sessions and the closing ceremony were held at the International Convention Center, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Opening statement was made by Mrs Neo Sowazi, 1st