The Kingdom of Bahrain is synonymous with Islamic finance, and plays host to the largest concentration of sharia-compliant institutions in the Middle East. Islamic banks, insurance (or takaful) companies and investment firms have thrived within a regulatory regime which was one of the first in the world to recognise the importance of...
Encouraging the listing of more companies is a priority for most exchanges globally, and Bahrain Bourse (BHB) is, like many others, formulating a strategy by which it hopes to do so. This forms part of a wider, ongoing initiative undertaken in conjunction with the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) to...
There is no doubt within the corridors of the Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) as to the new institution’s immediate strategic imperative: building up liquidity. In a bid to attract capital to Bahrain’s new exchange, the BFX management team has been shuttling around regional markets to sign up MENA financial institutions into one of various grades...
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...
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,...
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