VOL. XXXI

NO. 16

25-JANUARY-1988

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Islamic Investment Company Collapses in Egypt

Al Hilal Investment Company, one of Egypt's smaller Islamic investmentcompanies, has collapsed and its manager has disappeared with some E20mn($9.1mn) of the depositors' funds, while according to some reports the company'sdirectors are now trying to save Al Hilal and repay depositors. Like otherIslamic investment companies, Al Hilal accepts deposits from the public on a...