VOL. XXXII

NO. 22

6-MARCH-1989

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Saudi British Losses Wipes Out Capital Increase

Saudi British Bank - in which the British Bank for the Middle East holds 40%of the equity - has declared a loss of SR239.3mn ($64mn) for 1988, which haseffectively wiped out the SR250mn in extra capital which the bank raised at theend of the year (MEES, 5 December 1988). The loss came despite a significantimprovement in operating profits and resulted from a SR301.8mn...