According to Ernst & Youngs 2012 Q1 MENA IPO report, four initial public offerings were launched in the MENA region in the first three months of 2012, the same as in the previous quarter, Saudi Gazette reported. Saudi Arabia had the two largest offerings with Saudi Takween Advanced Industries raising USD 62.38mn and Tokio Marine Saudi Arabia generating USD 16mn. The IPO of Afric Industries SA in Morocco was worth USD 3.11mn, while Tunisias Hexabyte raised USD 1.31mn. The report also said that during the first quarter regional capital markets raised USD 82.8mn, marking a significant 3.8-fold increase over the year. |
Bahrain Middle East Bank made a USD 13mn full repayment of a loan obligation including a USD 1.4mn interest payment taking total repayments by the troubled lender to USD 43mn, the bank said in ... more
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the UAE's largest lender by market value, initiated a USD 17mn fifteen-year Uridashi bond, MENA's first ever, allowing the bank to directly access Japanese ... more
The GCC economies remain insulated from economic and political turbulence in the MENA region and globally but structural challenges continue to constrain sovereign ratings, ratings agency ... more