VOL. XXXV

NO. 10

9-DECEMBER-1991

Financial and Banking News

Regional Banking

KIA Expected to Ratify Investment in BAII by Year-End

The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is expected to confirm by the end ofthe year that it will take a 26% stake in Paris-based Banque Arabe etInternationale d'Investissement (BAII). Four other Arab financial institutionswill take smaller stakes to bring the total Arab shareholding in the bank to49%. Banque National de Paris (BNP), which currently holds nearly 100% of...