Publications & Articles

The research: the carry trade and fundamentals

by Oscar Jorda
Date Published : 2010-01-06

The carry trade is the investment strategy of going long in high-yield target currencies and short in low-yield funding currencies. Recently, this na...Download publication

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Lebanon This Week

by Byblos Bank
Date Published : 2009-12-22

Reforming electricity sector is essential for stability of public finances, debt could decline to 120% of GDP by 2014 if primary surplus rises to 4.5...Download publication

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Lebanon This Week

by Byblos Bank
Date Published : 2009-12-14

Lebanon ranks 127th globally, 91st among developing economies for its economic growth environment....Download publication

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Investment Themes_December 2009 Themebook-Key Summary

by Standard Chartered Research
Date Published : 2009-12-02

Government policies remain pro-growth. See opportunities in Dubai crisis....Download publication

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Lebanon this week

by Byblos Bank
Date Published : 2009-11-16

Lebanon ranks 92nd worldwide, 8th in MENA region in the management of natural resources...Download publication

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Dubai. Not a disaster zone, just normal

by IAFM Research
Date Published : 2009-09-19

There has been much lament in the press recently about the global economic crisis, and some particular focus on Dubai as an economy. Dubai was the sup... Read More

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Investing In A Developing Economy; A Possible Solution To Global Financial Crisis

by Azeez Olawale-Arish Yusuff
Date Published : 2009-06-10

The world economy will continue to experience financial imbalances –as a result of confluence of conflicting factors-at one point or the other, ... Read More

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Gulf ـ Africa: Time to Forge a Powerful New Economic Relationship

by Michael Preiss
Date Published : 2009-05-11

2008 was one of the most traumatic years for the world economy on record. The first half of 2008 could not have been better for Africa, as African sto... Read More

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Why aren’t banks lending?

by Martin Davies
Date Published : 2009-03-09

The treasury functions of Governments across the world have been dropping lending rates offered to banks and in some cases to nearly zero.  In no... Read More

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Interview with Operational Risk Expert

by IAFM Research
Date Published : 2009-02-23

An interesting debate about the approaches that banks have taken to quantify operational risk for Basel II. What have been the problems and what are s... Read More

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