VOL. XXXI

NO. 32

16-MAY-1988

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

A "Second Division" Emerges amongst Kuwaiti Banks In 1987

Ever since the Central Bank of Kuwait started applying a more rigorous andinterventionist control over the rate of commercial banks' profit distributionsat the end of 1985, the comparative table of bank dividends in Kuwait hasprovided an annual officially-endorsed league table for commercial banks inKuwait. In both 1985 and 1986, the paramount position of the National...