sentences:  These factors led to a merger in 1996 between EFG and Hermes.EFG Hermes has five Divisions and six subsidiaries under its finance platform
  
  EFG Hermes Securities Brokerage is the leading brokerage house in the Arab world.With the region's largest brokerage team, the division caters to an extended spectrum of investors including foreign, local and Gulf institutions as well as individual, VIP, high-net-worth individuals and family offices.