The most significant innovation in the Lebanese insurance industry this year is transparency in on-time delivery. For the first time in roughly 60 years of collecting premiums and paying claims, …
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The Association of Insurance Companies in Lebanon (ACAL) is the leading voice representing insurance providers in the country. Executive sat down with ACAL president Assaad Merza to learn about the …
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The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) could be considered among the sick children of Middle Eastern bourses. With a tiny market capitalization of $11 billion and an average daily volume of …
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Lebanon’s capital market is entering a new era, at least in legislative terms, with parliament’s approval of the long awaited capital market law in August 2011. In a next step, …
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FFA’s Jean Riachi gives high-net worth investors tips on how to get the best out of their private bank
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Fear and panic drove the markets through most of August causing more than $4 trillion in wealth destruction, while policymakers responded with “soft patches” and short-term solutions to what are …
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Although investable assets of the Middle East’s most wealthy in 2010 are back to their 2007 level of $1.7 trillion, according to the Capgemini and Merrill Lynch’s World Wealth Report …
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Executive caught Rudy Sayegh at a bad time. “There’s blood on the street,” joked HSBC Lebanon’s managing director as he walked into his office. Sayegh had just wrapped up a …
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The cataclysmic crash in global financial markets in 2008 was a smack in the face with a wet fish for both bankers and investors alike. A new reality emerged in …
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Following unprecedented financial turmoil, investment scandals and the decline in world wealth, private banks and wealth managers are facing enormous challenges. Profits are declining, regulatory requirements are growing, compliance measures …