VOL. XXX

NO. 20

23-FEBRUARY-1987

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

NCB Tops Rankings of Arab Bond Houses

Jiddah's National Commercial Bank (NCB) has emerged as the dominant Arabpresence in the international bond market according to figures compiled by MEES,which indicate that it participated in the management of 32 new issues during1986 with a total value of $5.5bn. Other leading Arab banks in 1986 were ArabBanking Corporation (ABC), which managed 27 issues worth a total of $3.5bn,Kuwait...