The Bahrain Bourse (BHB) will soon be listing its first real estate investment trust (REIT). This will be a welcome addition for investors seeking diversification and exposure to the Bahrain real estate sector, with this segment currently limited to Seef Properties, a malls operator. A REIT is a regulated legal structure that holds income-...
As the Bahrain Bourse (BHB) continues along its path of institutional development, it does not do so in isolation. Both the regulator and the exchange authorities have for many years played a productive role within regional and global bodies that share many of the same ambitions in terms of market development, and the past year has seen some...
Thanks to a famously prudent yet flexible regulatory system, Bahrain’s lenders have been able to extend from a relatively small domestic base to become significant regional and global players. The extent of their reach helps them remain resilient amidst the challenges caused by regional unrest and falling oil prices over the past year. While...
Credit cards have long been a key tool for financial institutions vying for market share in Bahrain’s competitive banking sector, and from a consumer’s perspective there has never been so much choice in the local market, with conventional and Islamic banks alike offering credit options. The major local and foreign institutions operating in the...
With fewer hydrocarbons resources than many of its Gulf neighbours, Bahrain’s status as a financial centre is crucial to its long-term economic development. One of the biggest concerns arising from the political unrest of 2011, therefore, was that is banking sector would see an exodus of brand names to other Gulf capitals. The decision by...
In a low-tax nation such as Bahrain the obvious part of the balance sheet to look at when addressing a stubborn fiscal deficit is government spending. It is hardly surprising, then, that over the past year the question of government subsidies has come to the fore in the public debate on the nation’s challenging economic situation.
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