VOL. XLV

No 27

8-July-2002

BAHRAIN

Capital Intelligence Downgrades Bahrain International Bank

Rating agency Capital Intelligence(CI) announced on 3 July that it had downgraded the long- and short-termforeign currency ratings of Bahrain International Bank (BIB) to BB and B respectively. CI notes that BIB, whosemajor activity is direct corporate investment and real estate developmentopportunities in the US and Europe, recorded a large loss of $47mn in 2001 dueto the effects of the downturn in...