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The logistics sector within the MENA region is well-positioned to benefit from post-COVID 19 economic recovery. Our team of subject matter experts provide a global and regional economic outlook and give insights into what the logistics sector can expect in 2022 in our latest Logistics Sector Focus.

In this paper we explore Trade-Based Money Laundering in further detail focused in particular on the December 2020 FATF publication “Trade-Based Money Laundering, Trends and Developments”* and provide guidance to Financial Institutions and other entities on how to assess, mitigate, identify and report the financial crime threats arising from the global trade system.

Fortunately, our understanding of how to address the challenges of COVID-19 is improving every day. Our medical and scientific communities are learning and adopting new strategies to deal with the current global crisis, as are the world's policymakers.

In a race against time, governments are issuing directives on effective precautions against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) globally to prepare for what is to come as peak-virus over the next 4 to 6 weeks.

Let’s call a meeting to discuss COVID-19 epidemic risk management. No, let's not. Calling a meeting creates a state of panic and promotes congregating in groups at a time when a virus can be transmitted to two people from one infected person- it is not a good idea. What is, however, is having team leaders, risk champions, business continuity professionals, Human Resources, and communications teams collaborate online and agree on a comprehensive strategy to manage the risk and here is how to do it.

FIs need to re-focus their businesses and reconsider strategies to respond to the large amount of regulation, in an economic environment that is fundamentally more restraining. This can be achieved via five key areas of transformation for 2020 and beyond.

Businesses of all shapes and sizes are trying to carve out competitive advantage by leveraging digital information. But owing to the increased use of personal data, it also creates vulnerabilities and inter-dependencies between two previously discrete threats – data privacy and cyber security.

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority Wins The Public Sector International Risk Management Award in London, United Kingdom.

Technology companies must adopt a new approach to digital risk: those that successfully develop a reputation for digital trust by demonstrating an unwavering commitment to cyber security and data privacy will be able to carve out a competitive advantage.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018, and its reach will not be limited to the EU. Are you prepared for GDPR?

Senior leaders face an array of ever-increasing complex, interconnected and fast-evolving risks and challenges. Few of these are as critical and so poorly understood as the risk of cyber-crime, specifically given that real life and online are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from each other.

Across MENA, business leaders continue to place technological advancement at the top of their agenda, as they aim to promote efficiency to reduce costs and attract digital generations as the workforce of the future.

This report draws on insight from our International Business Report, plus data and interviews from Grant Thornton teams around the world. It explores what skills the boards of 2025 will need, and what needs to happen between now and then to get there. Businesses should not view these changes we have identified as additional extras.e

Our commitment to quality underpins all that we do. This report is a public statement of Grant Thornton’s commitment to provide high-quality assurance, tax and advisory services to businesses and organisations operating throughout the world.

The slump in oil prices has its winners and losers. Jim Menzies, global leader for the food and beverage sector at Grant Thornton, says the outlook is good for food and beverage companies. While Linda Beal global leader for the oil and gas sector at Grant Thornton, says, oil and gas companies are facing significant challenges.

In light of growing international interest and scrutiny of corporate practices we set out to explore how three major aspects of governance – the role of culture, board composition and strategic planning – are affecting businesses around the world.