Bahrain

Business confidence index in Bahrain surges 2.8%

Current index rose 13.01 points compared to 2021

Bahrain’s future fund assets jump 20.4% to $626.9 mn

Fund recorded a positive return on investments of 10.4%

Bahrain aims for a big leap in cloud infrastructure investments

It's an effort to diversify its oil-dependent economy

Bahrain’s Mumtalakat plans IPO for McLaren in 3 years

Mumtalakat has $18 billion in assets under management

Bahrain’s GDP grows 5.5% in Q1 2022

Non-oil economy recorded a growth of 7.8% in the same period

FDI in Bahrain increased to $1.76 bn in 2021

FDI inflow to GCC economies soar to $44 bn in 2021

Bahrain wins 2 global awards for innovation, construction

Awards reflect Bahrain's ability to establish large exhibition centers

11 companies pre-qualify to bid for Bahrain metro

The scheme is expected to cost $2 billion

CBB Government bond issue oversubscribed by 214%

BHB listed BD 150 million worth of government bonds

Bahrain increases private sector bank lending to 6.43%

The money supply increased in March by 4.22 percent

Twin surpluses expected this year in Bahrain

Emirates NBD: The hydrocarbon sector to boost current account, budget balances

Bahrain grants SpaceX a license to offer Starlink internet services

Bahrain is the first country in the GCC to grant a license for this service

Bahraini Minister of Transport: Seriously studying “Gulf Air investigation”

The House of Representatives approves committee recommendations

AC Milan could soon have new Arab owners at the helm

Bahrain confirms firm's talks to buy Italian football giant for $1.1 billion

Investcorp seeking cash to take stakes in blockchain startups

eLydian Lion will be run from Investcorp's Abu Dhabi office

Citi agrees to sell consumer bank in Bahrain to Ahli United Bank

Citi Continues to Invest in Bahrain and Support Institutional Clients

Bahrain strategy enhances its position as a global tourism hub

Strategy partly aims to raise inbound tourism spending to 2 billion Dinars

Bahrain’s banking sector to benefit from expected interest rate hikes

$ 217.5 billion in sector assets at end 2021, or 6.5 times the GDP

Bahrain’s real estate sector to benefit from “Golden residency”

. Transactions from non-Gulf foreigners jumped by 180 percent

Bahrain’s Golden Visa to support 2024 economic agenda

Expats in Gulf states usually had renewable visas valid only when employed

Gulf banks to reap recovery benefits in 2022: S&P

Agency predicts rate hikes from central banks in union