In a step which further re-emphasizes its leadership in the Gulf , AXA Gulf - one of the largest non-life international insurers in the region – today announced that the company has won a bevy of prestigious recognition at the 3rd Annual MENA Insurance Awards 2012.

AXA Gulf was chosen for the Insurer of the Year 2011 award at the MENA Insurance Awards, the third consecutive year the company has been bestowed with the accolade. Apart from this, AXA Gulf also walked away with the Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year award and theMarine Insurer of the Year honours.

The MENA Insurance Awards 2012 were given away at a glittering ceremony held on Monday January 16, 2012 at The Address Hotel in Dubai. Decision makers from leading Arab and international insurance and reinsurance companies, insurance brokers, and representatives from regulatory agencies and banks attended the gala ceremony.

A total of 21 awards, which included 12 new categories, were given away at the ceremony. The selection of AXA Gulf as the Insurer of the Yearrecognized its commitment to customers, innovation and consistent delivery of high quality coverage, product diversity, technical expertise, leadership and a strong, persistent financial performance.

In his comments, Mr Jérôme Droesch, CEO of AXA Gulf, said: “The prestigious Insurer of the Year recognition at MENA Insurance Awards 2012, for the third successive year, is indeed a great honour for AXA Gulf. This award stands testimony to our world-class standards in both product and service quality. I am thankful to our partners and shareholders in making this possible, and most importantly to our customers who reposed their faith in all of our range of  insurance products. Last but not the least, this is a recognition for each and every AXA employee in the region; and I thank everyone for making this happen. The top industry honour further reinforces our committed goal to become the preferred insurer for our customers and distributors.”

The winning of the Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year and the Marine Insurer of the Year provided a further boost to its market leadership and reputation in the region. The Marine Insurer Award was one of the new categories introduced in 2012. The Commercial Lines Insurer category recognized the company’s underwriting, knowledge, expertise, strategy and high quality product offerings, while the Marine Insurer category award acknowledged AXA leadership in specialized knowledge of the sector, market share and brand offerings.

Alexis de Beauregard, Chief Officer – Marketing and Retail Product Offering at AXA Gulf, said: “It is a matter of great privilege to be named the best in both Commercial Lines Insurer and Marine Insurer in the region. The awards are a huge endorsement of our world-class service and product offerings, which are truly unique in the regional insurance sector. Our business model is one of a true risk carrier, as we use our own capacity rather than rely on the support of external reinsurance. These awards motivate us to strive for excellence.”

In the past few years, AXA Gulf has demonstrated its commitment to being available, reliable and attentive. AXA Gulf massively invested in state-of-the-art call centres and also in its Internet solutions and extended its presence through walk-in shops in malls in Bahrain and Oman. Thanks to these investments, AXA Gulf now provides a unique range of contact points for its customers: brokers, Internet, walk-in branches, mall shops and the telephone.

AXA Insurance Gulf has been conferred with numerous industry awards over the last couple of years, reinforcing the company’s commitment to innovation and excellence in the cluttered Middle East Insurance environment, and is definitely is planning not to stop there.

Canon Middle East, leader in imaging solutions, has honoured top-performing partners during the 2011 Awards, which served as one of the major highlights of the recently concluded Canon Partners Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.

Organised under the theme “Power of Partnership”, the awards recognised the strong contributions of Canon Middle East partners in driving Canon’s strong growth performance in the region.

Over 100 partners from 45 countries in the Middle East, North and East Africa attended the Partner Conference, which was organized in line with Canon Middle East’s 10th anniversary celebrations. The company presented its business strategies and objectives for 2012 during the event and conducted discussions about the important role of its partners in achieving its mission to be closer to its customers. Canon also discussed various product segments and outlined its strategy of breaking down the market further into segments, which will enable Canon Middle East and its partners to deliver the right product segments and ultimately better serve customers.

Anurag Agrawal, Managing Director, Canon Middle East, said: “Canon’s ability to maintain a healthy, constructive and dynamic relationship with its partners serves as the strong foundation that allows us to maintain our market stronghold in the region. Through our partners, Canon is able to fulfil its brand promise to be closer to our customers and to reach out to more people to inspire creativity and innovation at home and in the workplace. The Canon Partners Conference and the 2011 Awards serve as a fitting tribute to the invaluable contributions that our partners have made towards reaffirming the reputation of Canon as the global leader in imaging solutions.”

The winners of the B2B Awards were Diffazur Sarl (Morocco) in the Corporate Office B&W category; El Ajou Group Trading Company (KSA) in the Corporate Office Color category; Al Badri Information Technology Limited (Iraq) in the DIMS (Digital Image Management System) category; Neolt Graf (Morocco) in the LFP (Large Format Printers) category; and Salam Technical Services (Qatar) in the Professional Print category.

Diffazur Sarl, El Ajou Group Trading Company, Al Badri Information Technology and Neolt Graf were recognized for their excellent performance in increasing market share (MASH) in their respective product categories through strong market coverage. Salam Technical Services received the award in recognition of its outstanding sales achievement and performance in Professional Print.

In the B2C Awards, Salam Studio & Stores topped the Digital SLR category for its excellent performance in increasing MASH for DSLR; Ali Zaid Al Quraishi & Bros. Co won the DSC and Selphy category in recognition of both unit and revenue growth in DSC; Advanced Digital Imaging Sal won in the HD Video category in recognition of its strong focus on promoting the video category; General Electric and Trading Co. LLC was winner in the Inkjet Products category in recognition of its excellent performance in increasing MASH for Inkjet; and Sabi Systems won the award in the Laser Products category in recognition of its excellent performance in Laser through the successful launch of Sabi System Canon Club.

This year’s partner conference saw Canon Middle East give away a special 10th Anniversary Recognition Award to National Store, the flagship company of JK Sons Group in recognition of its long-standing Canon partnership and for achieving year-on-year sales and MASH growth in the photo-video category. National Store has been strongly committed to achieving each year’s strategy and direction in channel development, market activity and visibility enhancement in the UAE market.

The President Award winner went to Ali Zaid Al Quraishi & Bros. Co, which was recognised for its all-round performance for all Sales and MASH gain in the photo video product category.

Al Hilal Bank, a progressive Islamic bank, won as ‘Best Retail Bank (GCC)’ during the 6th edition of the prestigious Islamic Business & Finance Awards held recently in Dubai. This marks the fourth major industry recognition for the bank this year.

Al Hilal Bank won the most number of votes under the ‘Best Retail Bank’ category from readers of the Islamic Business & Finance magazine – the authoritative voice of the global Islamic finance industry with a worldwide circulation spanning all continents – and registered users of the www.cpifinancial.net website. More than 250 distinguished regional and global industry professionals from around the world honoured Al Hilal Bank alongside other leading Islamic financial institutions for their outstanding performance in 2011.

Earlier in March of this year, Al Hilal Bank won for ‘Best Branch Design’ at CPI Financial’s annual Banker Middle East Product Awards. This was followed by the ‘Quality Appreciation Award’ presented during the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA), the UAE’s most prestigious business excellence award. Al Hilal was chosen later on as the ‘Most Improved Bank’ during the ‘2011 Bank Benchmark Index Awards’ organized as part of the ‘UAE Customer Service Week’ that ran in October.

The recognition reflects Al Hilal Bank’s industry-leading efforts to raise service standards across the local banking sector, especially within the retail segment. Among the bank’s unique retail offerings are the UAE’s largest banking branch, thumb verification of customer transactions at all branches, instant issuance of Visa Debit Cards, a ‘Double the Profit’ saving scheme, the Middle East’s first-ever bank-installed gold ATM, and zero per cent vehicle financing.

“This has been a great year for Islamic finance and an exceptional one for Al Hilal Bank as we have been privileged enough to have received a number of awards from prestigious bodies. This award is of great importance as it reflects the confidence and support we enjoy from our valued customers and from the general public. We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to all the people who voted for us and thank CPI Financial and its Islamic Business & Finance team for bestowing us with this honor. This is a great motivation for us to continue developing and providing the best Islamic banking services,” said Mohamed Jamil Berro, CEO of Al Hilal Bank.

The annual Islamic Business & Finance Awards is organized by CPI Financial, the Dubai-based publisher of the Islamic Business & Finance magazine. CPI Financial was founded in 1999 and offers a comprehensive portfolio of market-leading periodicals, products and services tailor-made for the banking and financial sector. A total of 31 awards were handed out to the Gulf’s top Islamic bankers, financiers and Islamic banking and finance institutions during the event.

Al Hilal Bank is fully owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, the investment arm of the Government of Abu Dhabi. It currently serves over 50,000 clients through 19 local branches and 112 ATMs across the UAE as well as three branches in Kazakhstan. Among its future plans is the establishment of 3 new branches in the UAE

Dubai, December 7, 2011: The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) recently awarded scholarships for academic and sports excellence, amounting to over AED 9.3 million for programs commencing in the September 2011 semester, the highest ever in the university’s 18-year history.

A total of 236 scholarships were offered to students in undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Over 80 students, parents, friends and academics attended the scholarship presentation ceremony .

The scholarships, which entitle the recipients from 10% to 100% off on tuition fees (excluding living and other expenses) were presented to new and continuing students by David Rome, President, UOWD, at a special ceremony held at UOWD in Dubai Knowledge Village.

Addressing the recipients, David Rome commented, “we are delighted to give the highest number of scholarships to meritorious students this year. Earning a scholarship from an institution like UOWD, which prides itself on the quality of its degree programs, is a true reflection of the high caliber of these students. These scholarships therefore represent recognition of truly outstanding students.”

Sandra Lee, Registrar,  UOWD, introduced the students and urged them to work harder to maintain their high academic standards.

“As a university that places a premium on academic and sports excellence, UOWD follows a stringent selection process to ensure that deserving students get recognized and are rewarded through scholarships,” said Lee. “This kind of recognition provides great motivation for students to work harder towards greater excellence.”

Conducts live demonstrations of the Extreme® Pro™ SDXC™ UHS-I Card, Sansa Clip Zip, MP3 Player and the all new Memory Vault

Dubai – October 19th, 2011: SanDisk, the global leader in flash memory storage solu-tions, recognized its retailer partners at a dedicated awards ceremony yesterday.. The evening witnessed the launch and live demonstrations of SanDisk’s new range of innova-tive products – the Extreme® Pro™ SDXC™ UHS-I Card, Sansa Clip Zip, MP3 Player and the all new SanDisk® Memory Vault.

SanDisk took part in its sixth GITEX Shopper this year, utilizing the ever-growing event to expand channel partnerships and brainstorm with existing partners on how best to add value in their respective markets. Following its continued success at the event, SanDisk honored its valued retailers with awards as follows:
1). ‘Outstanding Support at Gitex Shopper’ award went to E City, E4U and MK Trading
2). ‘Outstanding Promotional Support in Retail’ award went to Sharaf DG
3). ‘Outstanding Secondary Placement and Branding in Retail’ award went to Plug Ins
4). ‘Outstanding Product Range and Display at Gitex’ award went to COMPUME
5). ‘Outstanding Sales Growth in Retail’ award went to Lulu
6). ‘Outstanding Sales Growth in High Performance Products’ award went to Jacky’s Elec-tronics
7). ‘Outstanding Overall Sales and Category Management at Gitex Shopper’ award went to E Max
8). ‘SanDisk Strategic Regional Partner, MENA Region’ award went to Carrefour
9). ‘Outstanding Regional Duty Free Partner’ award went to DUBAI DUTY FREE

“We have always believed in rewarding the best. Our success and the success of our re-tailers at this year’s GITEX Shopper exemplify our commitment to investment in our channel,” said Tareq Husseini, SanDisk’s Middle East and Africa Sales Director.

-Over 24 companies in the UAE will be honoured at the awards-

Abu Dhabi, UAE 9th October 2011 – H. E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, UAE, welcomed the delegates from the International Business Awards at the press conference held today (Sunday, 9th of October, 2011) at the Ministry of Foreign Trade headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Attended by delegates and media, the event emphasised on the requisite of recognising achievements and accomplishments by establishments and individuals who have become leaders in their sectors. Under the Patronage of H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, Abu Dhabi will play host to the 8th Annual International Business Awards on 11th October 2011 at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. International Business Awards, the world’s premier business awards comes to the Middle East for the first time this year and attracted nominations from more than 40 nations. The competition was opened to individuals and organizations worldwide; public and private, for-profit and non-profit as well as large and small enterprises with many as 3,000 nominations assessed by a selective panel of judges who witnessed an increased level of participation in this year’s competition following months of intense competition from all over the world.

Speaking at the press conference Sheikha Lubna praised the efforts of the organisations in the UAE “it is apparent that the UAE is fast becoming a global market player and the recognition by the international judging panel indicates the accomplishments of companies and individuals from here. This should be a clear indication that over the years the UAE has transformed and it is now ready to compete with other established markets across various industries.”

UAE companies featured prominently in this year’s final results of Stevie Awards as the winners of the upcoming International Business Awards 2011 are announced. Over 25 categories and organizations and individuals from 35 nations, including first-time winners Bahrain, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Slovakia, have been announced as Stevie® Award winners in This Eighth edition of Annual International Business Awards, the world’s only international, all-encompassing business awards program. Winning 42 Stevie Awards this year, organizations and individuals in the United States made the best showing.  South Korea came in second place with 29 awards, while the host nation United Arab Emirates earned an impressive 24 Stevies, United Kingdom earned 22 awards followed by Turkey with 11 and Germany with 10 Stevies.  Stevies are conferred upon top-scoring nominations in each category, as chosen by an international judging panel of more than 150 business leaders.

Nicknamed the Stevies from the Greek word “crowned,” the International Business Awards will be presented at a gala ceremony on Tuesday, 11th October at the prestigious Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Stevie Awards were created to honour and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide. Beginning with The American Business Awards in 2002, the mission was to raise the profile of exemplary organizations and individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public.  In short order the Stevie has become one of the world’s most coveted business awards.

“It is an honour to be here and present the Stevies for the first time in the Middle East. We have received an overwhelming response in this year’s competition, a sure confirmation that the awards are becoming prominent fixtures in the international business arena. These awards emphasize on standards of criteria that organizations have to fulfill and we believe that companies need to be recognized for their innovation, achievements and success,” said Michael Gallagher, president of The Stevie Awards.

Business professionals around the world participated in preliminary judging in May-July.  Their average scores determined the entries that were eligible to be considered in final judging, which was performed earlier this month by the members of 10 specialized committees.  In total, 200 executives around the world participated in the judging process.

Tickets for the event are on sale now at www.stevieawards.com/iba. 

Abu Dhabi, 20 August 2011): The Abu Dhabi Awards Organising Committee announced that nominations for the 2011 Abu Dhabi Awards will open tomorrow Sunday, 21st August 2011. Through the commitment of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, to preserve the legacy of our nation’s late father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Government of Abu Dhabi has chosen to celebrate compassionate individuals who have selflessly volunteered their time to build and support the community of Abu Dhabi.

Established under the guidance and auspices of His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Abu Dhabi Awards is a biennial ceremony that honours and recognises individuals who have contributed in building a greater sense of community and social welfare within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

A spokesperson of the Abu Dhabi Awards Organising Committee said: “The Abu Dhabi Awards Organising Committee is delighted to announce the commencement of the 2011 Abu Dhabi Awards. We call on residents and citizens across the Emirate to nominate. One nomination is all it takes to recognise someone’s contribution and make a difference to their life.”

Launched in 2005, and now entering the sixth Award program , the Abu Dhabi Awards seek to recognise and celebrate people who have made a lasting, positive contribution to the community. The Abu Dhabi Awards are presented to citizens, residents and non-residents of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi regardless of age or nationality. There are no specific categories from which recipients are chosen, meaning that anyone can be nominated for an Award.

This year, the nomination criteria have been expanded. For the first time, in addition to accepting nominations for those citizens and residents who live here in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Awards will also be accepting nominations for people who are doing good deeds for the benefit of Abu Dhabi from overseas.

Expanding the scope of nomination criteria aims to ensure that the Awards recognise as many people as possible whose work is immeasurably improving the community.

Nominations will open on Sunday, 21 August 2011 through to Saturday, 24 September 2011. There are four ways to submit a nomination for the Awards:

1.Visit one of the 100 nomination stations located across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Gharbia;
2.Submit an online nomination via www.abudhabiawards.ae;
3.Stop by the touring Abu Dhabi Awards nomination bus;
4.Post a completed nomination form to PO Box 44442, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 

The nomination phase will be followed by a screening and review period, following which the 2011 recipients will be announced and honoured at a prestigious ceremony held at the Emirates Palace in December.

The Abu Dhabi Awards has partnered with three organisations to deliver media, telecommunications and volunteering services that are key in delivering a successful programme. This year’s media partner is Abu Dhabi Media.

Shaikha Al Shamsi,  Associate Director of Corporate Branding, Abu Dhabi Media said: “Abu Dhabi Media is proud to support this year’s Abu Dhabi Awards, honouring those making a difference in our Emirate.  Across Abu Dhabi you’ll find individuals committed to making a positive impact on our community and the Abu Dhabi Awards honours the best. Throughout our print, online and broadcast media brands we are pleased to be recognising the programme and the individuals being awarded.”

Commenting on Etisalat’s contribution in supporting the Abu Dhabi Awards through a telecommunications partnership, Ali Al Ahmed, Chief Corporate Communication Officer, Etisalat, said: “The Abu Dhabi Awards seek to honour and recognise those who have contributed to society, and this has prompted Etisalat to support the initiative. This initiative is particularly important, as the loving nature of the UAE community and its good-will sees no boundaries.”

Takatof volunteers will play an important part in finding this year’s recipients. Maytha Al Habsi, Director of the Takatof Programme, said: “The volunteer teams from Takatof Programme will take part in screening thousands of nominations to find Abu Dhabi’s unsung heroes. Our participation in organising this prestigious Awards stems from the programme keenness to support creative initiatives, which aims to give back to the Emirati society – an objective which Takatof is working hard to achieve.”

In total, there have been 46 Abu Dhabi Award recipients, representing a diverse range of remarkable contributions. These have included environmental conservation, providing support and succour to the sick and elderly, inspirational teachers, the promotion of the arts and culture, history and infrastructure as well as recognising works for charitable causes.

What sets recipients apart has been their dedicated contribution to the community combined with the inspirational example they provide.

For further information about the Abu Dhabi Awards, including details on how to nominate and a list of past recipients, pleasevisitwww.abudhabiawards.ae.

- AirTight gets “Strong Positive” rating in MarketScope on Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems from Gartner -

Jayadevan K, Senior Vice President, Value Business, ComGuard

Dubai, UAE, August 09, 2011 – ComGuard, the Dubai based leading value added distributors for IT security solutions in the Middle East region and partners to the global leader for wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services AirTight Networks announced that recently Gartner has rated AirTight “Strong Positive” in its 2011 Marketscope Report for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems. A “Strong Positive” is the highest possible rating in a Gartner Marketscope. Gartner, Inc. is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry The July 2011 report was authored by John Girard, VP, Distinguished Analyst, John Pescatore, VP, Distinguished Analyst and Tim Zimmerman, Research Director at Gartner.

Vendors were evaluated on five criteria - customer experience, offering (product) strategy, overall viability (business unit, financial strategy, organization), marketing execution, product/service.

The MarketScope report notes that, “Payment Card Industry requirements as well as a rush of consumer devices into the workplace put a premium on new detection capabilities and increased levels of integration with network infrastructure.”

“Wi-Fi support is a standard extension of corporate networks, and enterprises must ensure that vulnerability management and intrusion prevention processes need to be extended to cover wireless and wired networks. WLAN security monitoring in the form of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPSs) is required to ensure that supported WLAN performance is not impeded by interference or denial-of-service attacks, WLAN traffic is kept private and secure, users are prevented from installing unauthorized WLANs, and unsupported/unauthorized WLAN technologies are barred from operation.”

“We are proud to have the value of our services in the WIPS market recognized by this ‘Strong Positive’ rating in the current Gartner Marketscope “AirTight’s continued explosive growth, even during the recent two years of economic downturn, underscores the marketplace recognition of the need for robust wireless threat protection and its trust in AirTight’s solutions,” said David King, Chairman and CEO of AirTight. “Enterprises should invest their precious IT security budget wisely and carefully choose a WIPS solution that gives them maximum business assurance with minimum administrative burden.”

The Gartner report also concludes that, “Just like wired networks, wireless networks need to be monitored to both proactively detect vulnerabilities to accelerate mitigation and to quickly detect security incidents to support rapid incident response. Also, while the basic WiFi technology is mature, what Gartner calls the “Consumerization of IT” is driving demand for increased use of employee owned devices with wireless access, such as iPhones and iPads. This increases the need for WLAN monitoring to support Network Access Control functions for allowing wireless access to users who are allowed to use unmanaged devices. All this adds up to a continuing need for wireless monitoring and intrusion prevent to mitigate risk.”

“The increasing dependency on wireless LANs to run business-critical operations, an ever-growing number of WiFi devices, and the growing sophistication of WiFi hack attacks has made wireless security a top priority for security administrators. It is interesting to note Gartner’s mention of the challenge posed by the proliferation of smartphones and other consumer devices which are flooding into the enterprise,” continued King.  AirTight has addressed this by providing customers with visibility into the usage of smartphones and other mobile devices in their airspace and the ability to create watchlists to monitor their activity and location. AirTight’s goal has always been to keep ahead not only of emerging wireless threats but also the needs of our customers.”

Jayadevan K, Senior Vice President,  Value Business at ComGuard, said, “We, at ComGuard, are committed to bringing the best of breed technologies to the region and AirTight Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS) is one such solution which is of immense value to enterprises.”

First bank to implement a social media strategy in the region

UAE - August 1, 2011 - Standard Chartered has announced that it has been awarded “Best Consumer Internet Bank – UAE” and “Best in Social Media – Regional Sub-category winner” at the 12th edition of Global Finance’s annual “World’s Best Internet Banks Awards”. Winners of the prestigious World’s Best Internet Banks Awards were evaluated by a world-class panel of judges, including Global Finance editors who were responsible for the final selection of winners.

Standard Chartered Bank has been recognised for its efforts to drive customer usage of its internet banking facilities and for being the first bank to use dedicated social media channels to communicate with customers. The bank has revealed that up to 24 per cent of its customer base is now enrolled for online banking, while 45 per cent of monthly banking transactions are now initiated online. In addition, the bank has over 24,000 fans on its facebook page which was set up in November 2009, and has a twitter account which tweets the latest announcements, promotions and offers. Standard Chartered has a dedicated team that manages its online communication and social media channels. These channels form an ideal platform to provide customer care, get customer feedback and communicate the latest promotions and offers.

Mohammed AlMazemi, General Manager Branch Sales and Services, Standard Chartered UAE said:

“These awards come as a testament to our leadership in introducing innovative services and communications channels to further improve our customer service and reinforce our customer focus strategy. We will continue to improve our online channels and utilise the power of social networks to realise our vision of becoming the world’s best international bank: Leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.”

Standard Chartered has developed a user-friendly interface that allows customers to easily access online services such as online bill payments, online fund transfers, online viewing of loan details and investment portfolio. The bank has also introduced unique online banking features such as the “Global Link”, which allows users to “pull” information on their relationship with Standard Chartered from a different market and to easily transfer funds from one market to the other.

Winners of “Global Finance’s World’s Best Internet Banks awards” were selected based on strength of strategy for attracting and servicing online customers, success in getting clients to use web offerings, growth of online customers, breadth of product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits gained from internet initiatives, and web site design and functionality. Headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Milan, Global Finance is a financial magazine with a circulation of over 50,000 and readers in 163 countries.

UAE, 12 July 2011 - Standard Chartered led the way at the emeafinance Awards winning an astounding 18 awards including four house awards for Syndicated Loans, Islamic Finance, Project Finance and the best bond in the Middle East and best M&A deal. EMEA Finance Editor at the ceremony highlighted that no other institution won as many house awards as Standard Chartered.

The awards were presented at the emeafinance Charity Awards Dinner in London.

Deepak Kohli, Regional Head, Capital Markets, MENA & South Asia, who represented the Bank at the event said:

“These awards attest to Standard Chartered’s continued success in delivering creative, world class solutions to our clients across the product spectrum. It’s great to see that our success is recognised by a regional magazine that is widely read by our clients as well as our competitors.”