Jonathan Brandon
Managing Editor
GFC Media Group

A full speaker biography for Jonathan Brandon will be added to the site shortly.
Speaker at these events:
Real Estate Finance & Investment Saudi Arabia 2019
- Opening remarks
- Fireside chat: A leading developer’s perspective on the outlook for the Saudi real estate sector
- Funding the supply and building affordable housing: Who is building, where are they building and how is it being financed?
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020
- Fireside chat with an industry heavyweight
Project, ECA & Structured Finance Middle East & Africa 2019
- Optimising trade finance efficiency and performance: What products and solutions are borrowers using to raise and free-up working capital?
Articles from Bonds & Loans
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3 Jul 2020:
Mashreqbank Global Investment Banking Head: Permanency of capital, ESG, and digitisation becoming crucial differentiators for GCC corporates in the face of unprecedented volatility
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25 Jun 2020:
South Africa’s Emergency Budget Faces Credibility Challenge, Analysts Say
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18 Jun 2020:
London Stock Exchange: Making Global Markets More Efficient and Accessible as Issuers and Investors Continue to Navigate COVID-19
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2 Jun 2020:
Retail, Institutional Investors Head in Opposite Directions on EM Debt
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6 Apr 2020:
Sustainability Has Never Been More Influential on Capital Deployment
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3 Apr 2020:
The End of LIBOR Could Spawn a Heterogeneous Rate Environment, Creating Uncertainty for Banks and CFOs
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25 Mar 2020:
Emerging Market Corporate Defaults Unlikely to Reach 2008/9 Levels - Bank of Singapore
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19 Mar 2020:
Coronavirus is Turning Out to be the Great (Valuation) Leveller for Markets
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12 Mar 2020:
CASE STUDY: Taweelah Green Loan Underpins Largest Reverse-Osmosis Water Desalination Project in the World
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12 Mar 2020:
For Investors, NMC Health Brings Back Haunting Echoes of Abraaj
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25 Feb 2020:
The Growth of Private Credit in EM Risks Being Accompanied by Looser Underwriting Standards, Posing ESG Risks
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13 Feb 2020:
Angola’s Minister of Finance on Privatisations, Following Through on Free Trade, and Managing the Tricky Balance between Economic Diversification and Oil Dependence
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12 Feb 2020:
Securitisations Could Help South Africa-Based Financials Overcome Ratings Challenges and Liquidity Issues
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5 Feb 2020:
Province of Buenos Aires Blinks on Debt Repayment, Catching Some Investors Off-Guard
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4 Feb 2020:
African Exchanges are Key to Developing the Region’s Capital Markets, but Most Remain Illiquid
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4 Feb 2020:
Lebanon to Pursue “Restructuring Without Restructuring”
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28 Jan 2020:
Africa-Russia Economic Linkages Will Struggle to Expand Beyond Security, Arms, Soviet Vestiges
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17 Jan 2020:
Issuers Shrug Off Geopolitical Risk as Investors Pile into GCC Bonds, Sukuk
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19 Dec 2019:
Sabanci CFO on the Pivot Towards High-Tech and Broadening Access to Long-Term Funding
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13 Dec 2019:
GCC Projects Benefit as Costs Drop, Liquidity Improves – But Bond Financing Still “Long Way Off”
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13 Dec 2019:
In Saudi Real Estate, Unrivalled Ambition Spurs Huge Opportunities and Significant Challenges
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10 Dec 2019:
GCC CFOs, Treasurers Focus on ESG Frameworks and Data in Sustainability Pivot
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3 Dec 2019:
A LIBORious Transition: Weaning the World off the Most Popular Credit Benchmark
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17 Jul 2019:
jAs Global Superpowers Question Free Trade, Africa Welcomes it With Open Arms
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22 May 2019:
Penalise or Promote: Is ESG Rating a One-Way Street?
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17 Jan 2019:
Strong Tabreed Sukuk Debut Highlights Importance of Visibility Among EM Investors
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5 Oct 2018:
London Calling
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24 Aug 2018:
Will ESG Standards and Ratings Heterogeneity Kill the Sustainable Finance Market?
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23 Mar 2018:
Blockchain and the Capital Markets: A Love Story
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28 Apr 2017:
The Idea of Pension Reform in the GCC Needs to Come out of Retirement
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16 May 2016:
Basel III: Risk, Liquidity, and Capital in the Middle East