VOL. XXXI

NO.41

18-JULY-1988

Financial and Banking News

INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES

KIC Sells Kiawah Island

The Kuwait Investment Company (KIC) has sold one of its principal real estateinvestments in the US, the Kiawah Island Company in South Carolina, for$105mn, according to KIC's General Manager, Mr. Hilal Mishari al-Mutairi. Thesale excluded a number of housing units on the island, which was bought by KICin 1974. Mr. Mutairi said that KIC had realized a "good" return oncapital from the project without...