Two niche markets are driving the business and growth of Jammal Trust Bank (JTB) at the start of 2014. One is in the bank’s home base in Lebanon and the …
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Jad Hatem is a partner at B.E.C.A. Hatem & Partners, one of Lebanon’s leading accounting firms. The company has around 500 clients, many of whom are due to file taxes …
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Paul Wetterwald is the chief economist of Crédit Agricole Suisse, and was chief investment officer of Crédit Lyonnais Suisse from 1991 to 2005. Carine Hermon is head of private equity …
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"I’m much happier in Beirut than in London or Sydney or Melbourne. We belong to our roots,” says Salim Sfeir, chairman of Bank of Beirut (BoB), Lebanon’s seventh largest bank. …
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All seems relatively quiet in the Lebanese banking world, for now. Lebanon’s banks are still growing. They are still making money, too. While their profits are not swelling at the …
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In a gloomy economic climate, new car sales increased just 1.76 percent in the first nine months of the year on 2012, compared to 7.37 percent reported last September on …
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In September the Ministry of Finance, Credit Libanais, Fransabank and online payment gateway NetCommerce launched Lebanon’s first online taxation gateway, allowing credit card holders to pay their taxes online. Executive …
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Unlawful. Such was the UK Supreme Court’s verdict on sanctions against Iran’s Bank Mellat this June. And by ruling the UK Treasury’s actions illegal, the court hinted at a deep …
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When this magazine initially discussed the world’s ‘first Arab supercar’ nearly a year ago it is fair to say that the idea was a long way from fruition. Lebanese entrepreneur Ralph Debbas had …
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Roughly $8 billion have been transferred from the Middle East and North Africa into the care of Tom Barrack, the founder and chief executive of real estate private equity firm …