Finance

The rise and dominance of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) is representative of the transformation of the global financial landscape after the 2008 crisis. Two significant factors combine in powering up …

As 2012 came to an end and investors wrapped up trades in what proved to be another frantic year, investment strategies were being discussed amongst analysts, portfolio managers and traders …

Several Lebanese banks, from Bank Audi to Bank of Beirut to Fransabank, raised capital last year through the issuance of preferred shares — stocks with dividends but without voting rights …

Four years after the start of the financial crisis and the global economy is still struggling with anemic growth. The European sovereign debt crisis continues, America’s economy is being shaken …

If there is one figure that summarizes the significance of the banking sector in Lebanon, it is that total assets stood at $148 billion as of the end of September …

The Lebanese banking sector has been tested against internal and external shocks many times through recent decades, and it has been tested yet again this year. The sector still enjoys …

Lebanese banks had their fair share of challenges to deal with in 2012 : a stagnant economy; the ongoing turmoil in neighboring Syria; increased scrutiny from the United States; increased …

It was a choppy year for markets in 2012, with headlines dominated by the European sovereign debt crisis and ongoing austerity plans in the peripheral countries causing social unrest. The United …

With $42 billion tied up in loans to the private sector, accounting for 28 percent of commercial banks’ balance sheet, the dismal performance of the economy has banks reassessing their …

  Crédit Agricole Suisse (CA Suisse) is the centerpiece of the private banking division of Crédit Agricole, France’s third-largest bank, whose interests in the Middle East include long-standing relationships with …