The world oil market has undergone dramatic developments over the last 12 months. On January 3, 2008, the price of a barrel of oil passed the $100 mark for the …
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Tunisia’s Bourse des Valeurs Mobilieres (BVMT) is expected to remain relatively immune to the international financial crisis in 2009. Mokdadi Hamadi, CEO of UBCI Finance, said that in light of …
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In the 21st century, the problems of Arab industrial exports have been aggravated by more open markets. In particular, the region’s textile and clothing (T&C) industry is in flux, with …
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The largest food company in the United States and the second largest worldwide, Kraft Foods, has become not only a common household name, but also synonymous with success in the …
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When the Beirut Stock exchange reopened in 1995 there were high hopes that it would regain its position as a center of Middle East trading. The bourse was originally …
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Recently, BLOM Invest has launched an investment fund, the BLOM Cedars Balanced Fund. The fund is an open-ended mutual fund with weekly subscriptions and redemptions. It is a balanced fund …
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The Middle East is a well-established routine milk run for international managers of funds and sophisticated financial vehicles. Investable wealth and a regional community of high net worth individuals made …
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Although still small in comparison to the conventional global banking sector, Islamic Banking (IB) has nevertheless grown so impressively in recent years that it now seems more like a critical …
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The Lebanese car market had its worse summer in decades thanks to the war and a two-month sea blockade, with the number of new registered cars dropping 81% in August …
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Over the last couple of years the MENA and GCC markets have started to push for more diversity in their financial activities. Securitisation has emerged as a catalyst and is …