THE COMPANY: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) is the Middle East’s second-largest aluminium producer and ninth-largest globally in terms of tonnage. It was established in 1968 and officially commissioned on May 11, 1971 as a 120,000-tonnes-per-annum (tpa) smelter. Today, the company produces...
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Articles & Analysis | Share analysis: Alba – Aluminium from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Articles & Analysis | Share analysis: Al Salam Bank-Bahrain – Banking from The Report: Bahrain 2015
THE COMPANY: Al Salam Bank-Bahrain (ASBB) is a diversified Islamic bank engaged in commercial and investment banking and providing wealth management, retail, corporate, treasury, offshore and private banking services. Incorporated in January 2006, ASBB is regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain...
Articles & Analysis | Share analysis: Ahli United Bank – Banking from The Report: Bahrain 2015
THE COMPANY: Ahli United Bank (AUB), a full-fledged commercial and investment banking group providing wealth management, retail, corporate, treasury, offshore and private banking services, is Bahrain’s largest commercial bank by market capitalisation and asset base. Incorporated in April 2000, AUB is regulated by the Central Bank of...
Articles & Analysis | Share analysis: Batelco – Telecoms from The Report: Bahrain 2015
THE COMPANY: Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) is the oldest and largest telecom service provider in the kingdom. Established in 1981 as a Bahraini shareholding company, it offers telecom services across the fixed-line, mobile and internet segments. Batelco has evolved from a regional operator to a major international...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, CEO, Bahrain Bourse (BHB): Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2015
What products and reforms would help to increase the liquidity and sophistication of the BHB?
Bahrain was the first country in the region to start developing universal education and today this continues to form a central tenet of government policy. The World Economic Forum currently ranks Bahrain 48th worldwide in terms of the quality of its education system, and the kingdom has a literacy rate of 91%. In June 2014 the Higher Education Council approved Bahrain’s first National Strategy...