Bahrain-listed Islamic funds top $1 billion

Published May 8th, 2006 - 06:25 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Bahrain-listed Islamic funds have topped $1 billion (BD378 million) in assets, the highest concentration of Islamic funds in the world. According to the GDN, Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) reported that this is out of the nearly $8bn (BD3bn) invested in BMA-registered funds.

 

According to BMA, Islamic funds in Bahrain amount to 78 of about 200 Islamic funds that the agency is aware of worldwide - making it the highest concentration in any one country in the world.