~Inevitably it is always about BIG Business is it not?
Prudential Islamic finance hub in Malaysia
By DALJIT DHESI
LONDON: Prudential plc, the second largest life insurer in Britain, intends to make Malaysia an Islamic regional financial services hub, said group chief executive officer Mark Tucker.
He said the company was looking at the possibility of establishing a regional fund management centre due to the growing potential and demand for financial products, including Islamic instruments, globally.
“This is because the Islamic insurance and funds industry remains relatively untapped and very few global players are offering these range of products and solutions,” Tucker told reporters during a media tour of Prudential PLC’s headquarters here.
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U.K. Terror Plot Thwarted at Last Stage, Court Told (Update1)
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Police intercepted a group of men planning deadly bombings in Britain just before their final targets were selected, prosecutors told a London court.
Seven men went on trial today in connection with the alleged plot, which also involved terror suspects in the U.S. and Canada. One defendant, Omar Khyam, who is charged with helping acquire more than half a ton of fertilizer laced with explosive ammonium nitrate, said he planned to target pubs, nightclubs and trains, prosecutor David Waters QC told jurors.
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