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1994 
Banque d’Affaires du Liban et d’Outre Mer (BALOM) was established by BLOM BANK. Dr. Fadi Osseiran was appointed General Manager of the Bank.


1996
BLOM Stock Index (BSI) was launched. The index tracks the prices of all stocks traded on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE).
The “Lebanon Brief”, a weekly publication was first published.


1998
Mr. Saad Azhari was elected as Chairman - General Manager of BALOM bank.


2001
The bank was renamed BLOMINVEST BANK s.a.l


2004
BLOMINVEST BANK won the first  mandate for a Lebanese bank to lead manage a sovereign issue raising $1.375 billion in three tranches jointly with Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse.

BLOMINVEST BANK developed the BLOM Bond Index. This index tracks the prices of Lebanese Sovereign Eurobonds.


2005
BLOMINVEST BANK managed trading in the booking rights of 206 million priority shares issued by Byblos Bank.
 In addition, the Bank lead two sovereign issues along with Credit Suisse raising $500 million.


2006
BLOMINVEST BANK was the first Lebanese bank to co-lead manage Euro Treasury Bills (TBs) denominated in LBP of a size amounting to LBP 400 billion ($265 million).
The Bank arranged for an institutional client the acquisition deal of Kuwait’s 19% stake in Intra Investment company.
BLOMINVEST BANK developed the BLOM Preferred Shares Index which traces the prices of Lebanese banks preferred shares.


2007
"The Capital Markets Newsletter", a weekly newsletter was first published. Since then it has become a daily morning publication.


2008
BLOMINVEST BANK launched the first Lebanese managed mutual fund with an equity component.
BLOMINVEST BANK was granted a license (along with BLOM BANK) to operate an investment bank in Saudi Arabia.