It is a regular romance. Quilvest, a global wealth manager, and Lebanon’s BlomInvest Bank have tied the knot with a new product partnership, allowing the Lebanese bank’s wealth management clientele …
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When you sit down at a sidewalk table of Gordon’s Café in downtown Beirut on a balmy late September afternoon, you can sip your espresso or pot of Sencha (green …
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It bears repeating that being decoupled from every other market is not a win-win. At best it makes you a functional zero, irrelevant to all but yourself. The truth of …
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When investors look for an exit they don’t want to be shown the door. They want to see the cash consideration that rewards them for their risk – and they …
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Whilst the Lebanese insurance sector is quietly perched on the edge of new opportunities, such as insuring a yet-to-be-established oil industry, it currently faces a severe destabilization risk. The lack …
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At a time when the observation of global banking remains as interesting as ever, the first quarter of 2015 has seen Lebanese banks stay their course, at least as far …
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It has never been easier to be branded a financial pariah. You wake up one morning and when you check your correspondence you find that you have been given the …
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Their corporate narrative is what Wikipedia might call “a stub”, or an article in need of expansion. But when Middle East and Africa Bank (MEAB) implement an interactive timeline in …
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When you walk into a communications agency in Beirut, you know it. Dark wood paneling and bookshelves lined up with tomes in historic succession, a vault with a time lock …
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No, fintech is not the code name for the joint research and development capabilities of Finland based Nokia and France’s Alcatel-Lucent. And for those who are troubled by the idea …