Governor of the Central Bank Riad Salameh has been widely credited with steering a prudent monetary course during his time in office, especially during moments of national crisis. Salameh talks …
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On May 17, Lebanon was on top of the world. Literally. A Lebanese flag had been planted at the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest point. And what then, …
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Special Section
The Lebanese banking sector shows little structural change in its consolidated balance sheet
The striking thing about the latest consolidated balance sheet of the Lebanese banking sector is the lack of change in its structure. After a period of ten to twelve years …
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The hey days of the mid to late 1990s in terms of bank profitability are now over for most Lebanese banks. During that period, local banks were able to create …
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As a follow up to recent articles published in this magazine on fund managers, such as Philippe Jabre and Marc Hochar, and the numerous mentions in these articles of hedge …
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Founded by Marc Hochar, a former Lebanese investment banker who had spent his entire professional life (more than 13 years) in investment banking and global markets with US investment bank …
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Founded by Marc Hochar, a former Lebanese investment banker who had spent his entire professional life (more than 13 years) in investment banking and global markets with US investment bank …
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There is almost unanimity on the precious metals among market participants. Almost every analyst, every brokerage house, and all speculative type players have their eyes glued to gold and silver. …
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Al Jazeera’s forthcoming English language channel has the potential to be one of the most exciting projects in the world of television journalism in years.After the Arabic channel’s controversial but …
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Last month, following a regional meeting in Nicosia of the DDB network’s agencies in the MENA region, a decision was taken to create DDB Levant an agency, based in Beirut, …