State Bank of Pakistan released its "Enterprise Technology Governance & Risk Management Framework for Financial Institutions" at the end of May 2017 and expressed its desire that all FIs to…
Imagine the year 1624. The world has not yet imagined New York, let alone the Stock Exchange that would one day shape global finance. The Industrial Revolution is still more…
One of the mistakes multinational companies make is to look at countries as either 'developed' or 'developing', and then try to shoehorn a product or solution into that country that…
A senate panel on Thursday directed the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to address issues faced by students who earned degrees from institutions which were later declared unauthorised by HEC. The…
In an oped in these pages a few weeks earlier (‘Defunding of public higher education’, March 29), I wrote about the review conducted by the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC)…
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels— Sustainable Development Goal 16, United Nations…
China’s push to revive the economy this year by increasing infrastructure spending while warding off financial risks is facing headwinds from massive local-government debt, which is more than $9 trillion…
A new Chinese financial watchdog will help bridge regulatory gaps but analysts and investors say the agency will consolidate power at the top and could introduce more state and party…
The illicit movement of funds is a global challenge, threatening domestic and international financial systems. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has recently highlighted that the total…
Since the 18th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC), China has made impressive achievements in the financial sector and achieved new leapfrog growth in the banking and insurance…
