The BLOM Bond Index (BBI) improved by 0.20% over the past week to reach 105.047 points on account of higher demand for medium and long term Lebanese Eurobonds. The BBI managed to outperform the JP Morgan ... read more
Lebanese Forex Market: Demand for the dollar on the Lebanese forex market grew slightly over the past week as the exchange rate went from $/LP 1,508-1,512 with a mid-price of $/LP 1,510 to $/LP 1,510-1,514 ... read more
The Lebanese banking sector was presented with many challenges in 2014. Not only did this sector have to deal with the ongoing repercussions from the Syrian spillovers, but it also had to manage a context ... read more
The Global Innovation Index (GII), co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization, draws an innovation efficiency ratio for each country by assessing the ... read more
According to the Association of Car Importers in Lebanon, the downward trend in new car registrations extended to the first half of 2015 (H1 2015). The total number of new registered cars totaled 19,171 in ... read more
Pursuant to its resolution dated June 9, 2015 to cancel all the Series “E” Preferred Shares and increase the Bank’s capital from L.L. 667,836,186,600 to L.L. 668,194,681,824, i.e. by an amount of L.L. ... read more
10/09/2015 03/09/2015 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI)* 105.716 105.708 0.01% -0.34% Weighted Yield** 5.75% 5.77% -2 73 Weighted Spread*** 420 418 2 -10 The ... read more
The Lebanese plastic industry is one of the few industries that have been shielded from the morose economic environment. The Syrian crisis, which had ripples on key sectors of the Lebanese economy such as ... read more
The Lebanese Eurobonds market witnessed a slight downturn this week as shown by the 1.01% drop in the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) to 105.72 points. The JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond Index did not outperform ... read more
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