How concerned are bankers in Jordan by the rise in inflationary pressure? Does the Central Bank have the tools to manage this adequately?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Nemeh Sabbagh, CEO, Arab Bank from The Report: Jordan 2013
Articles & Analysis | Afaq for Energy (MANE): Oil and gas from The Report: Jordan 2013
THE COMPANY: Afaq for Energy (MANE) was estab-lished in August 2008 and listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in December of the same year. It cur-rently has a paid-up capital of JD110m ($154.7m). The emergence of MANE coincided with a strong pri-vatisation programme and the opening-up of Jordan’s...
Articles & Analysis | AOIC: Insurance from The Report: Jordan 2013
THE COMPANY: Over the past few years, AOIC man-aged to assert itself as a leader in the Jordanian insur-ance sector with a comprehensive product mix, strong connections with leading regional insurers and global re-insurers, and exceptional financial results. The strong performance of AOIC is most evident...
Articles & Analysis | Lending a hand: Increased funding is to be directed to small businesses from The Report: Jordan 2013
With small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accounting for 98% of all businesses in the king-dom, according to the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), this sector should be of major interest to the country’s banks. Yet historically, SMEs have accounted for a relatively small amount of banking business, as lenders have concentrated...
Articles & Analysis | Grand designs: Scheduled reforms and new investment set the course for development from The Report: Jordan 2013
In 1995 Jordan’s parliament passed the Investment Pro-motion Law, a wide-ranging instrument aimed at attracting foreign and domestic interest to key sec-tors. In 2000 the law was amended, giving priority to eight areas of the economy and to two sub-sectors, with investments in these fields receiving benefits that ranged from tax incentives to...
