Bloomberg Demand from the wealthy for loans is so strong that Credit Suisse Group AG can’t keep up, according to its international wealth chief, Iqbal Khan. “We couldn’t execute all the demand we had” in the first quarter, Khan said in an interview at the company’s headquarters in Zurich. “We have a very material lending in pipeline.” The Swiss ...

  Reuters The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will elect a new president next week during its annual meeting to be held in Jakarta, replacing long-serving President Ahmad Mohamed Ali, the Jeddah-based multilateral lender said. Saudi Arabia, the IDB’s largest shareholder, has nominated former Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar for the post, whose candidacy was endorsed by the outgoing IDB president. The ...

  Reuters The Lebanese economy is expected to grow 2 percent this year and deposits in Lebanese banks are forecast to rise by 4.5 to 5 percent, or around $8 billion, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said this week. Salameh, speaking at an economic conference in Beirut, described the economic growth as acceptable, adding that the International Monetary Fund had ...