Olayan Financing Company: A Corporate Leader in the Middle East

The Olayan Group was established in 1947 by Suliman Olayan. It is a private multinational enterprise that engages in distribution, manufacturing, services and investment. Olayan Financing Company is responsible for the Group’s business in Saudia Arabia and the Middle East

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Bank Misr Liban Wins Lebanon Award

We are pleased to announce Bank Misr Liban (BML) as Best Commercial Bank Lebanon, 2012. The Bank and its stakeholders are now seeing the benefits of the restructuring that has taken place over the past few years. This restructuring has

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The Increasing Demand for Shari’ah Compliant Banking Helps Drive Growth at Gulf African Bank

Gulf African Bank (GAB) wins the 2012 award for Best Islamic Bank in Kenya. The award reflects the achievements at the bank since 2008 when it was first granted a full commercial banking license as a dedicated Islamic Bank. The

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J. P. Morgan Private Bank wins Best Private Bank in the United States

Excerpts from the CFI.co’s Judging Panel’s Summary: “JP Morgan’s 160 years of experience has produced an outstanding private bank in the United States that is also a top performer in all other regions of the world. The plans announced two

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Gulf Finance House’s Long Term Winning Approach

We are pleased to announce that Gulf Finance House have won the CFI.co award for Best Islamic Investment Bank Bahrain 2012. Gulf Finance House’s steadfast approach to investing primarily in high quality infrastructure projects that help provide sustainable growth opportunities

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Morgan Stanley Sets the Standard for US Brokers

According to the judging panel, ‘An industry leader that sets the standards’. Morgan Stanley has outstanding expertise and highly experienced advisers. The Morgan Stanley Foundation is deeply concerned about children’s health and specifically failure to thrive – often as a

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Award Winner: Itau Private Bank Best Private Bank Brazil 2012

Without question a major force for private banking in Latin America, Itau also boasts a very strong international network which the judging panel considers to a have ‘a good and secure future’. Investor relations are well thought out and very effective.

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State Bank of Mauritius Provides a Key Pillar to the Mauritian Economy

We are pleased to announce the State Bank of Mauritius as Best Bank Mauritius 2012. The Bank has been a continuous and most effective innovator – providing customers with a broad range of accessible, secure and reliable services.  The Bank

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Burgan Bank Moves from Strength to Strength

There are numerous banks competing to provide Private Banking services to clients. For a private bank, its most important asset is trust. To develop that trust a private bank has to show the highest level of integrity, while truly understanding

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Best Investment Bank, Saudi Arabia – NCB Capital

The judges applauded NCB’s 2011 M&A deal ($500 million) consolidating six construction companies. This was the largest M&A deal in the region from Saudi Arabia’s biggest asset manager ($11.75 billion). This was the first subsidiary of a Saudi Bank to

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