Since Q108, we have described numerically the banking business environment for each of the countries surveyed by BMI. We do this through our Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating (CBBER), a measure that ensures we capture the latest quantitative information available. It also ensures consistency across all countries and between the inputs to the CBBER and the Insurance Business Environment Rating, which is likewise now a feature of our insurance reports. Like the Business Environment Ratings calculated by BMI for all the other industries on which it reports, the CBBER takes into account the limits of potential returns and the risks to the realisation of those returns. It is weighted 70% to the former and 30% to the latter.
The evaluation of the Limits of Potential Returns includes market elements that are specific to the banking industry of the country in question and elements that relate to that country in general. Within the 70% of the CBBER that takes into account the Limits of Potential Returns, the market elements have a 60% weighting and the country elements have a 40% weighting. The evaluation of the Risks to Realisation of Returns also includes banking elements and country elements (specifically, BMI’s assessment of long-term country risk). However, within the 30% of the CBBER that takes into account the risks these elements are weighted 40% and 60% respectively.
Further details on how we calculate the CBBER are provided at the end of this report. In general, though, three aspects need to be borne in mind in interpreting the CBBERs. The first is that the market elements of the Limits of Potential Returns are by far the most heavily weighted of the four elements. They account for 60% of 70% (or 42%) of the overall CBBER. Second, if the market elements are significantly higher than the country elements of the Limits of Potential Returns, it usually implies that the banking sector is (very) large and/or developed relative to the general wealth, stability and financial infrastructure in the country. Conversely, if the market elements are significantly lower than the country elements, it usually means that the banking sector is small and/or underdeveloped relative to the general wealth, stability and financial infrastructure in the country. Third, within the Risks to Realisation of Returns category, the market elements (ie: how regulations affect the development of the sector, how regulations affect competition within it and the Moody’s ratings for local currency deposits) can be markedly different from BMI’s long-term risk rating.

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Executive Summary . 5
Table: Levels (BHDbn) .. 5
Table: Levels (US$bn) 5
Table: Levels At April 2011 . 5
Table: Annual Growth Rate Projections, 2011-2015 (%) . 5
Table: Ranking Out Of 59 Countries Reviewed In 2011 6
Table: Projected Levels (BHDbn) . 6
Table: Projected Levels (US$bn) .. 6
SWOT Analysis 7
Bahrain Commercial Banking SWOT . 7
Bahrain Political SWOT 7
Bahrain Economic SWOT . 8
Bahrain Business Environment SWOT 8
Business Environment Outlook . 9
Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings . 9
Table: Bahrain’s Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating 9
Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating Methodology . 10
Table: Middle East And Africa Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings .. 11
Global Commercial Banking Outlook .. 12
Middle East Banking Sector Outlook .. 16
Table: Banks’ Bond Portfolios, 2009 18
Table: Middle East and Africa Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings .. 19
Table: Comparison Of Loan/Deposit, Loan/Asset And Loan/GDP Ratios .. 20
Table: Anticipated Developments In 2011 . 21
Table: Comparison Of Total Assets, Client Loans And Client Deposits, 2009-2010 (US$bn) .. 22
Table: Comparison Of Per Capita Deposits, 2010 (US$) .. 23
Table: Interbank Rates And Bond Yields 24
Islamic Banking Sector Outlook . 25
Bahrain Banking Sector Outlook 32
Economic Outlook .. 36
Table: Bahrain Economic Activity, 2006-2015 38
Competitive Landscape .. 39
Market Structure 39
Protagonists .. 39
Table: Protagonists In Bahrain’s Commercial Banking Sector 39
Definition Of The Commercial Banking Universe.. 39
List Of Banks 40
Table: Bank Licensees In Bahrain . 40
Company Profiles 44
Arab Bank .. 44
Table: Stock Market Indicators 45
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) .. 45
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 46
Gulf International Bank .. 47
Table: Balance Sheet (BHDmn, unless stated) . 48
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) .. 48
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 48
Ahli United Bank. 49
Table: Stock Market Indicators 50
Table: Balance Sheet (U$Smn, unless stated) .. 50
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 51
Arab Banking Corporation 52
Table: Stock Market Indicators 53
Table: Balance Sheet (U$S mn, unless stated) . 53
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 54
National Bank of Bahrain .. 55
Table: Stock Market Indicators 56
Table: Balance Sheet (BHDmn, unless stated) . 56
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) .. 56
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 57
BBK .. 58
Table: Stock Market Indicators 59
Table: Balance Sheet (BHDmn, unless stated) . 59
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) .. 60
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 60
Khaleeji Commercial Bank 61
Table: Stock Market Indicators 62
Table: Balance Sheet (BHDmn, unless stated) . 62
Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated) .. 62
Table: Key Ratios (%) .. 63
BMI Banking Sector Methodology . 64
Commercial Bank Business Environment Rating .. 65
Table: Commercial Banking Business Environment Indicators And Rationale. 66
Table: Weighting Of Indicators .. 67
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