This is the first installment of an Executive special report on wealth management and private banking. The rest of the report will be published here over the coming week. It should …
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen is Executive's editor-at-large. He has been reporting on Middle Eastern business and economy for over 20 years. Send mail
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Arab markets trended up or flat with positive bias at a rate of three to one in the 35th week of the year. Indices were intonating pretty much the same …
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Competitiveness is an essential need for any economic entity, and in today’s global context it is a core qualifier for countries. Having reported on the measurements of competitiveness regularly over …
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Minimalism is back in force on the region’s security markets and minimalism thus is in order for reporting on week 33 in the bourses of the Middle East and North …
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In consumer fiction, everybody and their sibling nowadays writes novels that project human drama into the space of zombie-werewolf-vampire-x-men-viral-divergent dystopias. About time that someone applies the motif of aliens to …
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Appearances of a lazy summer month with underlying continued positive sentiment played out in the Middle East and North Africa during the 32nd week of the year, the first full …
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The third trading week in Ramadan was the third week of near universal index gains in the securities markets of the Middle East and North Africa. Volumes were mixed, with …
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Every human dwelling owes something to the primordial need for shelter that is associated with the stereotype of a caveman — which is usually a synonym for a life with …
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Beirut’s eastern suburbs entail a broad social and economic mix, ranging from high-density residential areas dominated by aging apartment buildings, to the country’s most affluent areas in terms of average …
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Investor confidence is a touchy life form that can wither from all sorts of things: to name but a few, jitters can be caused in any market by surprise board …
