In what ways have local banks responded to tighter credit conditions, and to what extent has there been a shift in focus in terms of lending?
Brunei Darussalam
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Javed Ahmad, Managing Director, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Dato Haji Mohd Rosli, Former Managing Director, Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
What steps can the AMBD take to encourage further development of the country’s capital markets?
Articles & Analysis | The sector is liquid and well capitalised from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
Banking sector growth has accelerated as authorities have eased up somewhat on restrictive regulations, and banks are looking forward to an improved climate as overall economic growth revives. Rapid growth in lending to domestic business, albeit from a low base, gives some cause for hope that the sector is beginning to work through the limitations of an economy dominated...
Articles & Analysis | Banks are increasing their lending to a number of sectors from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
The recent acceleration of bank lending to domestic businesses, albeit from a low base, shows the increasing seriousness of the government’s drive to speed growth outside of the dominant oil and gas sector. Driven by government-linked banks, the upturn has helped buoy domestic demand despite the decline in energy exports. The banks most responsible for driving the growth...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Pierre Imhof, CEO, Baiduri Bank from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
Given the restrictions on personal lending and the banking sector’s high level of liquidity, what areas would contribute to the growth of Bruneian banks?
Articles & Analysis | The government is focused on encouraging more efficient use of power supplies from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2014
As an export-oriented energy producer and a high-income country with a humid climate, Brunei Darussalam has one of the world’s highest rates of energy consumption per capita. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), annual per capita consumption stood at 9.44 tonnes of oil equivalent in 2011, the sixth-highest amount in the world and about five times the...