Business

When it comes to the retail investment options available in the market, one name has managed to achieve brand recognition to an impressive extent – Freedom Broker Armenia. We spoke to director Ovak Ovakimian about the company’s efforts to develop retail investment, educate the public, and shape this aspect of Armenia’s capital markets scene.

How do you guide an entire society through the transition from traditional money habits to modern financial literacy in a rapidly changing economy? Armen Ktoyan, Board Member of the Central Bank of Armenia, talked to us about the National Financial Education Program, how it has evolved, and the results they are now seeing.

Armenian capital markets have grown considerably over the past few years, providing new financing options for companies and fueling economic growth. We spoke to Mikayel Margaryan, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board at Cube Invest about how his company has positioned itself strongly in this sector and how he sees capital markets developing in the near future.

Financial literacy is not seen as an optional add-on or a social program in Armenia; it is a core topic that has elicited a strategic outlook and an ecosystem-based approach. In an interview with Armen Nurbekyan, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA), we take a closer look at the vision behind this approach and how it will impact the population of the country

CEO Marianna Movsesyan on how NVB clients can invest in companies that are, in some cases almost literally, out of this world.

On the slopes of Mount Aragats, a Franco-Armenian project has raised solar panels above rows of Areni and Voskehat. The result is the region’s first agrivoltaic vineyard, a working experiment in whether the same plot of land can produce good wine and clean electricity at once, and whether one can actually help the other.

Byblos Bank Armenia is just a year away from celebrating two decades of consistent success in the market. We spoke to CEO Hayk Stepanyan about the values of the bank and his vision for banking in Armenia today and in the future.

How do companies with more than 150 years of history stay relevant in a constantly changing world, and how do they plan for what comes next? On the sidelines of Yerevan Dialogue 2026, we sat down with Christos Harpantidis, Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Philip Morris International (PMI), who had travelled to Armenia to take part in the event. The conversation that followed ranged across stakeholder engagement, continuous innovation, and the future as he sees it taking shape.

Dilijan has been buzzing with activity in the recent past and has ambitions to become a key destination in Armenia and the whole region. We talked to Ekaterina Bredikhina, Director of Green Rock Foundation, about how they are helping to make this happen.

Armenia Stock Exchange (AMX) held a high-level investment forum titled "Unlocking Investment Opportunities in Armenia" on February 5 in Abu Dhabi, hosted by the Tabadul Hub, the first exchange network operating on a mutual market access model in the MENA region.