VOL. XL

No. 42

20-October-1997

BAHRAIN

Bahraini Onshore Banks Produce Solid 1996 Results

Total assets of the Bahraini onshore banks dropped fractionally in 1996 to $5,868mnmainly as a result of a fall in holdings of investment securities at the island's biggestbank, National Bank of Bahrain (NBB). The only other institution to report a drop wasGrindlays Bahrain, the island's smallest bank. NBB, which is 49%-owned by the Governmentof Bahrain, has since reported a rebound in total assets to...