Balancing risk management and financial inclusion: a global imperative... with an eye on Lebanon

De-risking, potentially rational in a narrow, short-term sense to address perceived regulatory exposure, has severely damaging implications for categories of business, people, even countries. Mohammad Ibrahim Fheili insists there are viable alternatives to wholesale off-boarding.

Mohammad Ibrahim Fheili is Executive in Residence at Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) of the American University of Beirut (AUB), Risk Strategist, Political and Monetary Economist. He can be contacted at mifheili@gmail.com

De-risking, potentially rational in a narrow, short-term sense to address perceived regulatory exposure, has severely damaging implications for categories of business, people, even countries. Mohammad Ibrahim Fheili insists there are viable alternatives to wholesale off-boarding.