EFG Hermes conference highlights key trends across Frontier and Emerging Markets – Gulf Today

EFG Hermes conference highlights key trends across Frontier and Emerging Markets – Gulf Today

Karim Awad speaks during the conference on Monday in Dubai.

Sajjad Ahmad,

Deputy Business Editor

EFG Hermes Holding, the leading financial institution with a universal bank in Egypt and the leading investment bank franchise in Frontier and Emerging Markets (FEM), inaugurated the 17th EFG Hermes One-on-One Conference at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai on Monday, attended by senior government officials, high-profile regional business leaders, investors, and listed companies.

Headlined “Outplaying Challenges,” the conference hosted thousands of one-on-one meetings between executives representing some of the region’s most compelling prospects and regional and global institutional investors, allowing them to gain insights into key trends impacting frontier and emerging markets today to explore value-accretive investment prospects. This year’s conference, which will run until March 9, will see 179 companies in numerous key sectors across 29 countries hold direct meetings with over 561 institutional investors and fund managers representing 247 international