Finance

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Executive sat down with Kelvin Tay, Swiss banking stalwart UBS’ managing director and chief investment officer for the Southern Asia and Pacific region, during his first visit to Lebanon. While …

It is no secret that the management of other people’s money — especially of very rich people’s money — can make you a living, yet it is fraught with hazards. …

The MENA’s benchmark indices kept a steady direction in the 37th week of the year, generally continuing the trend of the previous week. The region’s largest market, Riyadh’s Tadawul, continued …

This article is part of an Executive special report on wealth management and private banking. Read more stories published here, or pick up September’s issue at newsstands in Lebanon.   …

Arab markets made a well behaved transition into September. Benchmark indices at all regionally relevant exchanges moved as one might expect top local influencers want them to in the 36th …

This article is part of an Executive special report on wealth management and private banking. Read more stories as they’re published here, or pick up September’s issue at newsstands in …