Arab banking conference in Cairo

The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences located in Jordan is convening its eighth annual conference in Cairo from October 17 - 19 under the title: "Financing Investment in the Arab Nations."

The general manager of the academy, Mustafa Hodiab, said the conference will discuss these central issues: strategic cases, the general framework for investing in the private sector, the funds, banking and investment companies financing the private sector and the role of the financial corporations and markets in promoting the investment.

The conference will be attended by 500 Arab and international personalities as well as representative of Japanese, European and American financial companies.

South Asian companies will also attend, in addition to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and organizations connected to the United Nations.