VOL. XXX

NO. 28

20-APRIL-1987

Financial and Banking News

LOANS AND ISSUES

KFTCIC, SIB and ABC Dominate Arab Bond Market Activity

Three Arab banks dominated the Arab presence in the primary sector of theinternational bond market during the first quarter of 1987 - Kuwait ForeignTrading, Contracting and Investment Company (KFTCIC), Saudi International Bank(SIB) and Arab Banking Corporation (ABC). However, Arab banks only participatedin the co-management of 25 of the estimated 509 issues launched...