Widely regarded as a leading centre of innovation in Islamic financial services (IFS) and known for its robust and responsive regulation, Bahrain is growing in influence. The kingdom’s Islamic financial institutions are regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), and in 2014 the CBB has made a number of refinements to its codes and rules for...
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Articles & Analysis | Regulatory changes in Bahrain's Islamic finance sector from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Articles & Analysis | Consolidation and diversification of investment portfolios in Bahrain's Islamic finance sector from The Report: Bahrain 2015
With one of the world’s longest traditions in Islamic banking and a diverse offering of retail and wholesale shariacompliant lenders, Bahrain is seen as a leading centre of one of the fastest-growing global financial phenomena. A number of international institutions providing guidance, ratings, standards and education in Islamic finance have...
Articles & Analysis | OBG talks to Adnan Ahmed Yousif, President and CEO, Al Baraka Banking Group, and Aabed Al-Zeera, CEO, International Investment Bank: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2015
What new asset classes are emerging that could provide sustainable profits for the future?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Khalid Hamad, Executive Director - Banking Supervision, CBB; Chairman, International Islamic Financial Market, on the regulatory framework: Viewpoint from The Report: Bahrain 2015
The 2008-09 financial crisis threatened the stability of the global banking system, and central banks across the world were forced to take unprecedented measures to stabilise the situation and to provide a safe operating environment for the financial industry. Financial regulators still have to deal with many issues to ensure that the new regulations provide a foundation...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Hassan Jarrar, CEO, Standard Chartered Bahrain: Interview from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Articles & Analysis | Bahrain remains a leading regional centre for banking and finance from The Report: Bahrain 2015
Buffeted by successive financial storms in the years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Bahrain’s financial sector is poised to take advantage of renewed optimism and confidence in key parts of the global economy. The overall shape and composition of the country’s banking sector has changed since 2008, but it has proved resilient overall and...