Bank Maskan Eases Home Ownership

Bank Maskan Eases Home Ownership

Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    Bank Maskan, the agent bank of the housing sector, has eased conditions for its key target audiences, namely people tapping into its housing bonds scheme and citizens living in distressed areas. According to its newly-appointed chief executive, Abolqasem Rahimi Anaraki, the bank has reduced the interest […]

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€۲۰۰m in Austrian Finance for Iran’s First Nuclear Hospital

€۲۰۰m in Austrian Finance for Iran’s First Nuclear Hospital

After the hospital comes on stream, the fund will be repaid to the Austrian side from the hospital’s revenue Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    Atomic Energy Organization of Iran’s Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi has announced that Austrian banks have allocated €۲۰۰ million worth of finance for equipping Iran’s first nuclear hospital. Kamalvandi […]

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Iran’s Economic Freedom Index Improves

Iran’s Economic Freedom Index Improves

Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    Iran gained a higher score in the American think tank Heritage Foundation’s 2018 Index of Economic Freedom. The country’s latest economic freedom score stood at 50.9, making the economy the 156th freest out of 180 countries. Its overall score has increased by 0.4 point, with modest […]

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Iran Eying Joint Bank to Promote Latin America Ties

Iran Eying Joint Bank to Promote Latin America Ties

The Iran-Venezuela Bi-National Bank is to be repurposed to serve as a joint bank serving trade and transactions between Iran and Latin America EDBI is currently in negotiations with the Europäisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG and the Hungarian Export-Import Bank for refinance agreements Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    Iran intends to establish a […]

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TSE Seen as World’s Third Fastest-Growing Bourse

TSE Seen as World’s Third Fastest-Growing Bourse

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX rose from 77,230 to 98,221 from March 20, 2017, to Jan. 20 to record a 27.1% growth TEDPIX gained in 70% of its 209 trading days under review, which puts the index over all other global exchanges in terms of gaining trade days Reported by HPMM Group according to […]

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Does Economic Growth in Iran Increase Income Inequality?

Does Economic Growth in Iran Increase Income Inequality?

Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    Inclusive growth is what international organizations recommend these days, and it’s hard to argue otherwise. Economic growth is better when rich and poor benefit equally. Better still, is pro-poor growth, the type that lifts poor people’s incomes more than the rest. The economic growth of 2016, […]

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New Income Tax Rates Determined

New Income Tax Rates Determined

Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    As approved by the Iranian Parliament on Sunday, those with an annual income of less than 276 million rials ($5,872) will be exempt from paying income tax in the next Iranian year (March 2018-19). The next year’s income tax model will be a progressive one, meaning […]

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EU Mulls Strategy to Shield Firms Against US Threats

EU Mulls Strategy to Shield Firms Against US Threats

The EU business sector is anxious that American sanctions would affect European companies that operate in Iran and have commercial activities in the US Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    Europe has to decide what to do in case the US makes good on its threat to withdraw from the Iran nuclear […]

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CBI: Non-Oil Sector to Expand by March 2018

CBI: Non-Oil Sector to Expand by March 2018

According to the bank in the first half of the current year to Sept. 22, economic growth has been 4.5%, with the non-oil sector accounting for 4.1% Reported by HPMM Group according to FINANCIAL TRIBUNE ;    The Central Bank of Iran has projected that the country’s non-oil sector’s growth in the fiscal 2017-18 will outpace […]

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France to Finance Exports to Iran

France to Finance Exports to Iran

The plan is to offer euro-denominated export guarantees to Iranian buyers of French goods and services through entities without any US link, whether to the currency or otherwise, to avoid the extraterritorial reach of US legislation A French banking source said Italy, Germany, Austria and Belgium were also working on mechanisms that would shield their […]

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