Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB) will co-sponsor the Bloomberg Financial Summit that takes place at the Ritz Carlton tomorrow.QFIB CEO Emad Mansour will join a panel entitled ‘Banking 2012’, that will examine the changing climate of investment banking within the current economic backdrop. Mansour will be detailing solutions to safeguard mergers and acquisitions and how to address the increasing corporate reluctance towards paid banking advisory services. He will also address key developments in the evolving entrepreneurial climate in the Middle East since the Arab Spring at the 8th Private Equity International Middle East conference (PEI) on April 18 and 19 in Dubai. QFIB, a QFCRA authorised bank, sponsors this platform for the third consecutive year. Speaking about QFIB’s long-term association with the conference-series, Mansour said, “This sponsorship is part of QFIB’s commitment to stay abreast of the challenges facing the PE industry in the Mena region and its transformation after the global financial crisis and the Arab spring. This year the conference will focus on the entrepreneurship highlighting the rise of SME’s and the importance of operational partnership in creating lasting value on investments. It will also examine the different ways to facilitate and optimise SME growth in the region and beyond.”