Bahrain, the smallest territory and population in the MENA region and the smallest economy in the GCC, is currently continuing its real estate development as it is trying to diversify …
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The Initial Public Offering (IPO) market in 2008 was vibrant in the region before investor confidence was sapped by the global financial disaster. The Bahrain Tribune reported that after specific …
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In spite of the images of conflict and war associated with Lebanon over the last few years, the Land of the Cedars has (again) become one of the region’s party …
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In recent years, the Lebanese banking sector has been breaking records time and time again. Within the first nine months of 2008, Lebanese banks saw an astounding $7.8 billion increase …
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The popular Lebanese food chain Kabab-ji is a success story of entrepreneurial knack, making the restaurant an attractive target for private equity investment. The restaurant recently received growth capital from …
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At the close of 2008, most financial analysts and observers of the Casablanca Stock Exchange (Bourse des Valeurs de Casablanca, BVC) agree that the market remains sheltered from the financial …
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Since the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005, the Lebanese tourism industry has fallen victim to one crisis after the other. This year, as feuding political factions struck …
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The ongoing global financial crisis has had limited effects on the Saudi banking sector. Fighting through recent years — with the 2006 stock market crash and a bullish year in …
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North Africa started in 2008 as the least-noticed market in the region, but it has emerged to become a new investment destination for private equity firms. While most region specific …
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Tunisia’s Bourse des Valeurs Mobilieres (BVMT) is expected to remain relatively immune to the international financial crisis in 2009. Mokdadi Hamadi, CEO of UBCI Finance, said that in light of …