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ועידת שוק ההון 2022 ‍אמיר כהנוביץ כלכלן ראשי, הפניקס אקסלנס וידאו

Israel’s post-war economic roller coaster: Recession, then rebound

18.10.23|Almog Azar
Economist Amir Kahanovich predicts that the Israeli economy will enter a recession following the war but that there will be an economic rebound. "Now there is a standstill, but past experience shows that it is temporary"
תל אביב בורסה Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Institutional investors move over $8 billion out of Israel in first six months of 2023

31.07.23|Almog Azar
Local investors are also seeking opportunities in struggling companies, with Klirmark Capital raising NIS 2.7 billion from Israeli institutions for that purpose
תל אביב מבט מלמעלה 6.6.23

Investment in Israeli high-tech down 65% in Q2 to $1.78 billion

28.06.23|Meir Orbach
Despite the number of transactions also falling 48% year-over-year, Q2 saw a 2% increase in investment compared to the first quarter of the year
עובדי הייטק משרד אופן ספייס עבודה

More than half of new Israeli startups registered abroad in Q1 of 2023

09.05.23|Ariela Karmel
According to a new report, some 56% of new Israeli startups choose to register abroad in the first quarter of the year, with an additional 49 companies in the process of transforming into American firms
ברק עילם מנכ"ל נייס

NICE CEO: "Every conversation with investors starts with the madness of the Israeli government"

27.04.23|Diana Bahur-Nir
Barak Eilam discusses the existential threat the judicial coup poses to Israeli tech and why AI could be a huge growth engine for the company
מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 הפגנה נגד ההפיכה המשטרית בתל אביב ההתייצבות הייטק בחזית

Israeli high-tech must contend with the global economy and its own government to survive

27.04.23|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach
The shrinking of Israeli high-tech comes amid the global economic downturn, but it is clear to those within the industry that without a return to political sanity, the industry and the Israeli economy will suffer
מייסדי פאגאיה מימין אביטל פרדו יהב יולזרי ו גל קרובינר - חדש

Pagaya suspends full immediate withdrawals from Opportunity Fund

16.04.23|Almog Azar
The Pagaya Opportunity Fund, the largest P2P fund in Israel, manages about NIS 4.7 billion ($1.28 billion), and says that it will instead use a mechanism to transfer funds on a quarterly basis
אראל מרגלית יו"ר ומייסד קרן JVP

Israeli investor Erel Margalit meets with French Finance Minister to promote economic collaboration

09.05.21|CTech
Margalit, who is the chairman of JVP and Margalit Startup City, met with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and other leading figures to promote a joint Israel-France innovation center
ניל וויגן שגריר בריטניה

U.K. Ambassador to Israel: 80% of the embassy’s activities involve economics

31.03.21|Sophie Shulman
“Most of our time is devoted to technology,” Neil Wigan tells Calcalist. He estimates that Brexit will improve trade between the two countries
עבודה מהבית לפטופ מחשב נייד

Israel is failing on the working from home front

18.02.21|Shahar Ilan
According to Israeli labor figures, not all the Israelis that could be working from home are doing so, exacerbating negative employment trends
Natural Intelligence Tal Brener

Too much of a good thing? The rising shekel puts Israeli tech companies at risk

27.12.20|Tal Brener
The strengthening of the shekel exchange rate against the dollar is a real problem that if left unresolved will hurt all of us Israelis.
ענת גואטה זירת ההשקעות חדש

“Israeli high tech has found a home at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange,” says Chairwoman of the Israel Securities Authority

16.12.20|Hezi Sternlicht
“Capital markets are enjoying a renaissance period,” Anat Guetta said during Calcalist’s investment conference. “High tech has returned to Israel. It’s no longer aiming to raise money in foreign markets”
פוטו מבנים מחימר מרוקו Ait Benhaddou

Morocco is thirsty for Israeli investments

13.12.20|Doron Peskin
Normalization of ties between Morocco and Israel are the result of U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara; but Morocco also hopes economic ties with Israel will help relieve its deep recession
נאסד"ק וול סטריט

Wall Street’s investment frenzy is not over, it is just shifting its focus

06.09.20|Sophie Shulman
With the U.S. presidential election right around the corner, President Trump will not let the U.S. stock markets crash, but his administration is likely to pay more attention to sectors that have been severely affected by the Covid-19 crisis
חווה לגידול קנאביס ב ריונגרו קולומביה

With Exports Delayed, the Promise of Israel’s Cannabis Industry Goes Up in Smoke

06.05.20|Tzally Greenberg
A glance at the 2019 financial reports by Israel’s 11 public medical cannabis companies reveals a rather glum picture
רן סער מנכל קופת חולים מכבי

The Economic Crisis Will Kill More People Than the Virus, Warns Israeli HMO Head

21.04.20|Adrian Filut and Adi Pick
The CEO of Israeli health maintenance organization Maccabi Healthcare Services Ran Saar spoke with Calcalist about the coronavirus pandemic
קורונה נתיבי איילון סגר עוצר

Israel Expects Full Return to Work in Most Industries by May 30

12.04.20|Omri Milman and Adi Pick
The plan to jumpstart the economy was drafted by Israel’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, and Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron, but still needs to gain approval by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to become official
לשכת התעסוקה ב תל אביב אבטלה מובטלים דורשי עבודה מיתון

Israel Is Tanking its Economy to Save a Few Hundred People, Finance Ministry Officials Say

31.03.20|Adrian Filut
The Israeli finance ministry estimates the difference between a partial and full lockdown at tens of billions of shekels. To the health ministry, that is the difference between containment and a collapse of the country’s healthcare system—and the many deaths that would follow
קורונה בדיקת קורונה בדרייב אין תל אביב 21.3.20

As Number of Domestic Covid-19 Cases Rises, Israel Settles on Economic Support Measures

29.03.20|CTech
Israel reported 3,865 confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday morning, 66 of them in serious or critical condition, and 12 dead
רחובות ריקים תל אביב קורונה ישראל

Israel Enters First Full Day of New Restrictions With 2,495 Confirmed Cases

26.03.20|CTech
The new restrictions ban residents from leaving their homes for a distance of over 100 meters