VOL. XLI

No. 25

22-June-1998

BAHRAIN

New Offshore Bank In Bahrain

A group of private Gulf investors have established an offshore bank with authorizedshare capital of $100mn in Bahrain. The founding shareholders are predominantly Kuwaitisand the bank, to be known as the Investors Bank (al-Mustathmirun), will be runalong Islamic principles. 72% of the bank's share capital has been called up and the bankhas become the first Kuwaiti company to list on the Bahraini stock market.

Sami al-Badr...