VOL. XXXVI

NO. 22

1-MARCH-1993

Financial and Banking News

BANK RESULTS

Foreign Exchange Earnings Help TAIB Increase Profits

Bahrain-based Trans-Arabian Investment Bank (TAIB) has declared profits of$4.1mn for 1992, a 28% increase on 1991, but below the levels recorded in recentyears. Net operating income was down a little on 1991 and operating expenses upslightly. Provisions were increased. However, these features were more thanoffset by a fall in the bank's share of losses in associated companies....