As Lebanon’s banking sector continues to be as solid as a rock the financial sector is perhaps its deprived younger cousin. However, many financial firms and boutiques do stake it…
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Gray, when not taken as the zone between black and white but as the color of unobtrusiveness and understatement — as well as secretive sway — has long been employed…
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As 2014 was winding its way from present to past, the Lebanese market’s top banking buzzword was resilience. In interviews throughout the year as well as in year end conversations…
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EuroMena is a series of private equity funds managed by Capital Trust Group. The latest fund, EuroMena III, launched in June 2014 and aims to provide financing to fast growing…
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Middle Eastern and North African equities plunged between October 10 and 16 in a regional dip that was big, widespread and not caused by anything local or even a real…
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Janwillem Acket is “the longest serving guy in the Zürich banking place” in his role as chief economist of Julius Bär, a Swiss private bank that has expanded its profile…
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From your perspective as a Swiss banker who is based in Singapore, how do Asia and the Middle East correlate? They are both similar in that they are both export-oriented.…
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Although the MSCI EM and EFM indices implied a bad month for emerging and frontier markets, with losses of 7.6 percent and 7.4 percent respectively for September, and although both…
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Janwillem Acket is “the longest serving guy in the Zürich banking place” in his role as chief economist of Julius Bär, a Swiss private bank that has expanded its profile…
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For an extended interview with Janwillem Acket, read this. To say that playing the global economy makes for a tricky game may be the world’s biggest understatement in the…