With new regulations, the continued implementation of development strategies and the historic opening of the nation’s second exchange holding the interest of market participants, Bahrain’s capital markets have been receiving significant attention from investors. However, a number of challenges have presented themselves as well. The European debt...
Manama’s status as a regional financial centre has attracted some of the world’s leading banks to Bahrain, but it has also proved fertile ground for a number of domestic giants. An examination of the nation’s five largest locally incorporated lenders reveals the diversity of the market: Islamic banks rub shoulders with conventional; young banking...
How could the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) enhance the regulatory framework to make Bahrain more attractive to foreign banks?
In early 2012, as the Kingdom’s banks began to publish their financial results for the previous year, it became apparent that the political unrest of 2011 did not have a significantly adverse effect on their performance. Still, the unexpected developments of that year did present the domestic banking sector with a number of short-term challenges,...
To what extent was liquidity in the banking sector affected by the unrest during 2011? Was there any flight of capital from Bahrain’s banks?
Famously one of the most diverse in the region, the Bahraini banking sector is composed of local, regional and international firms which have flourished in a liberal but well-regarded regulatory environment. The past year has been a challenging one for the industry, particularly given the unrest in the early months, yet most licensed lenders in...
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