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Banking

Cover Story : From Bust To Boom

Middle East Lebanon’s banks are spreading their wings as they push for more growth in the Middle East’s key markets.   Banks in downtown Beirut: Lebanon's financial institutions are expanding through the region. While the banking sector remains the backbone ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Frontier Market Indexes Planned

DR NEWS       New York-based MSCI Barra, which is majority-owned by Morgan Stanley, plans to introduce a family of benchmark indexes next month covering 19 “frontier market” countries. Institutional investors want to look beyond existing developed and emerging ...

Banking

Features : Shariah-Compliant Corporate Finance Forges Ahead

ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANKING Investor demand, banks’ creativity and deep pools of liquidity in the Middle East are driving strong growth in the development of Islamic investment banking products.     Hassoune:“Investors and entrepreneurs must  hare the risks and rewards of ...

Country Report

Features : Fast Forward

ISRAEL Past wars and threats of future ones just can’t stop Israel’s economic engine plowing ahead.     Past wars and threats of future ones just can't stop Israel's economic engine plowing ahead. During the past year, Israel’s economy grew ...

Banking

Milestones : Booming Islamic Finance Faces Hurdles

GLOBAL     High aspirations: Islamic finance on the rise. Excess liquidity and the tidal wave of petrodollars flooding into the Middle East are causing a surge of interest in Islamic finance. The growth rate of the industry is now ...

Banking

Regional Report GCC : The Power Of People

<p>Regional Report / Gcc   Competition for talent in the banking industry is driving up costs as demand for financial services expands.     El-Labban: Talent is more likely to join or stay on at a growing bank   As ...</p>

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : At A Crossroads

Offering an increasingly transparent and business-friendly environment, Cyprus is attracting ever more investment from global corporations. Nearly 30 years ago,...

News

Cover Story : Crunch Time

The Energy Issue THE ENERGY ISSUE Recent events have transformed the way the world views its energy supplies. With startling...
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