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Arab Household Savings Conference 2022

ASC2022

The Arab Savings Conference is an annual event promoting Financial Literacy and empowering the region to build their Household Savings. Hosted by Fintech Robos in the heart of the Arabian Gulf- Bahrain, as a free virtual event that can be attended across the globe. The first Arab Household Savings Conference was held last year in Bahrain. The event, which drew a large number of global, regional, and local industry experts, painted a clear picture of how to go forward with the measures and changes needed to increase family savings and financial literacy in the region. It started with an overview of the region’s socioeconomic difficulties and fiscal policies, then zoomed in on the scale and nature of those challenges and underlying trends and ended with strong statements about what can be done. The themes of action highlighted that over-reliance on governments, and increasing longevity makes fiscal systems unsustainable. This year we continue this conversation with a wider variety of topics and a more focused debate in each session. To learn more about this year’s conference and sessions, go to the Agenda.

Our Speakers

The Themes

Join Fintech Robos for a two-day interactive conference to explore the MENA region’s overlooked yet vitally important terrain of household savings and personal finance. This regional event tackles financial literacy, financial education, and financial inclusion, as well as household financial resilience across the Arab world, through long-term savings. The conference sessions will address the following themes:

1. The Role of Financial Literacy in Households’ Financial Decisions
2. Have Monetary Easing and Lower Interest Rates Hurt Savers?
3. The Role of Governments in Protecting Workers from Income Shocks
4. Digitizing Finance and Financial inclusion.
5. Towards Building a Regional Household Savings Index
6. How to Build a Successful Investment Portfolio
7. Wealth Transfer: Multi-generational Wealth Planning

Thank you to our Partners

Event Videos

Agenda

10:00 am - 11:00 am live streamed from Bahrain

Session 1

The Role of Financial Literacy in Households’ Financial Decisions

Imane Benzarouel Imane Benzarouel Deputy to Executive Director
Yasmeen Al Saffar Yasmeen Al Saffar Head of Financial Services
Elena Miteva Elena Miteva Principal Economist
William Tohmé William Tohmé Senior Regional Head
Noorhan Al Zan Noorhan Al Zan CFA, Board Adviser
11:30 am - 12:30 pm live streamed from Bahrain

Session 2

Have Monetary Easing and Lower Interest Rates Hurt Savers?

Ramzi Khleif Ramzi Khleif GM
Sharmila Whelan Sharmila Whelan Deputy Chief Economist
Anthony Scaramucci Anthony Scaramucci Founder & Managing Partner
Han Yik Han Yik Managing Partner
12:40 pm - 2:00 pm live streamed from Bahrain

Session 3

The Role of Governments in Protecting Workers from Income Shocks

Salma AbdulRahman AlSayed Salma AbdulRahman AlSayed Executive Director of IT Directory
Anush Bezhanyan Anush Bezhanyan Regional Manager, Social Protection & Jobs, MENA
AbdelKadir Al Shehabi AbdelKadir Al Shehabi Chairman, General Federation
Ahmed Al-Hayeki Ahmed Al-Hayeki Assistant Undersecretary
Sara Buraik Sara Buraik Senior Journalist and Political Analyst
12:00 pm - 3:40 pm live streamed from Bahrain

Session 4

Digitizing Finance and Financial inclusion

Hamad Salmeen Hamad Salmeen Assistant Manager, Business Development & Services
Mohammed Murad Mohammed Murad Financial Planning Specialist
Mohamed Wassim Khayyata Mohamed Wassim Khayyata CEO
Sajeev Nair Sajeev Nair Senior Executive Officer
Sara Buraik Sara Buraik Senior Journalist and Political Analyst
10:00 am - 11:20 am live streamed from Bahrain

Session 1

Towards Building a Regional Household Savings Index

Dr. Jaffar Al-Sayegh Dr. Jaffar Al-Sayegh Bahrain Economists Society
Khoula Kenzari Khoula Kenzari Consultant
Natalie Westerbarkey Natalie Westerbarkey Head of EU Public Policy
Dr. Jarmo Kotilaine Dr. Jarmo Kotilaine Chief Economist
Ebrahim K Ebrahim Ebrahim K Ebrahim CEO
11:30 am - 12:30 pm live streamed from Bahrain

Session 2

How to Build a Successful Investment Portfolio

Steve Cronin Steve Cronin Founder & CEO
Altaf Kassam Altaf Kassam EMEA Head of Investment Strategy & Research
Raphael Sobotka Raphael Sobotka Head Of Multi-Asset Flexible, Risk Premia and Retirement Solutions
Ebrahim K Ebrahim Ebrahim K Ebrahim CEO
12:40 pm - 2:00 pm live streamed from Bahrain

Session 3

Wealth transfer: Multi-generational Wealth Planning

Antoine Yazbek Antoine Yazbek Investment Manager
Richard Canwell Richard Canwell Client Relationship Director & Partner
Mohammed Azab Mohammed Azab Head of Private Banking
Mohamed Seghir Mohamed Seghir CEO
Nigel Sillitoe Nigel Sillitoe CEO
  • Date : March 29, 2022 - March 30, 2022
  • Time : 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (Asia/Bahrain)
  • Venue : Virtual event live streamed from Bahrain
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