What is the rationale behind the different structure and characteristics of the BHB in comparison to other stock exchanges in the region?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Fouad Rashid, Director, Bahrain Bourse (BHB) from The Report: Bahrain 2012
Articles & Analysis | A solid foundation: The BFX has a number of incentives to attract foreign investors from The Report: Bahrain 2012
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...
Articles & Analysis | An expanding market: New regulations and the introduction of a second bourse have boosted the Kingdom’s appeal from The Report: Bahrain 2012
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...
Articles & Analysis | The big five: The nation’s largest banks record solid results from The Report: Bahrain 2012
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...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Mazin Manna, CEO, Citibank, and Patrick Gallagher, CEO, HSBC from The Report: Bahrain 2012
How could the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) enhance the regulatory framework to make Bahrain more attractive to foreign banks?
Articles & Analysis | Cause and effect: Despite a tough 2011, global and regional issues remain a greater concern for banks than local ones from The Report: Bahrain 2012
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,...