VOL. XLIV

No 47

19-November-2001

BAHRAIN

Moodys Downgrades BMB InvestmentBank

US ratings agency MoodysInvestors Service announced on 8 November that it had downgraded Bahrain-basedBMB Investment Banks financial strength rating (FSR) to D- from D and itslong-term foreign currency deposits rating to Ba3 from Ba2. Negative outlookshave been assigned to both ratings. In a statement, the agency said that theaction concludes the review that was initiated in June and that the mainrationale for it was...