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There has been a flurry of activity connected with the Middle East in recent weeks, including visas, real estate and chemical assets.

The agreement between the Financial Services Development Council and the tax and legal arm of the Qatar Financial Centre is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, expertise and market insights.

Who's Tom and who's Jerry? Taiwan's insurers get creative (again) in their quest for products that solve the sector’s continuing FX and interest rate mismatch.

Asia appears relatively immune from DubaiÆs debt problems, while Dubai World says less than half the amount of debt initially believed to be affected is included under the standstill agreement.

Barclays shareholders lap up $754 million worth of reserve capital instruments, but the outcome of a forthcoming vote on the investment by Abu Dhabi- and Qatar-based investors is still unclear.

Middle East investors provide the UK bank with more cash, but the high cost of the $11.4 billion capital injection raises questions about whether government funding would have been preferable.

The private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland gets a license to operate in the Qatar Financial Centre.

Switzerland's Bank Sarasin receives a banking licence for a subsidiary in the Qatar Financial Centre.