DUBAI’S PLANS FOR the development of its financial sector have taken a new step forward with the appointment of Ian Hay Davison to head the regulatory council of a proposed international financial centre.
The grandeur of the design, which envisages a capital market as well as insurance, offshore banking and Islamic banking centres, is typical of the approach Dubai has adopted in efforts at modernizing and diversifying its economy. While other Gulf states anguished over the need to provide investable opportunities for local and international money, Dubai has moved characteristically rapidly since the announcement of the project last November.
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