Financial Institutions Fitch affirms Egypt rating at ‘B’ with stable outlook Yomna Yasser May 30, 2016 0 Fitch Ratings has affirmed on Monday Egypt's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at…
Financial Institutions Fitch: Saudi Arabia’s loan shows fiscal risk, may have structural benefit Yomna Yasser Apr 23, 2016 0 Saudi Arabia's move to raise US$10 billion via an international bank loan reflects the pressure on its fiscal…
Financial Institutions Fitch downgrades Saudi Arabia ratings to AA- from AA Yomna Yasser Apr 12, 2016 0 Fitch Ratings downgraded Tuesday Saudi Arabia’s long-term issuer default rating to AA-from AA, and said its oil…
Banks Fitch: currency devaluation ‘moderately positive’ for Egyptian banks in long term Yomna Yasser Mar 24, 2016 0 The recent devaluation of the Egyptian pound against the US dollar will likely be supportive of foreign currency…
Financial Institutions Fitch says Egypt pound devaluation ‘credit positive’, economic challenges remain Yomna Yasser Mar 21, 2016 0 Decisions by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) last week, including a devaluation of the Egyptian pound, are broadly…
Financial Institutions Islamic banking is dominant in Saudi Arabia; says Fitch Yomna Yasser Feb 3, 2016 0 Fitch Ratings said Tuesday the Islamic finance is a mature and developed industry in Saudi Arabia, representing…
Financial Institutions Fitch affirms Abu Dhabi at ‘AA’; with ‘stable’ outlook Yomna Yasser Feb 3, 2016 0 Fitch Ratings has affirmed Tuesday Abu Dhabi's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at…
Banks Fitch: Egypt’s new banking rules could weaken asset quality Yomna Yasser Jan 20, 2016 0 Regulations to boost SME lending, issued by the Central Bank of Egypt earlier this month, could weaken the quality…
Banks Fitch maintains QNB’s rating at ‘AA-’ aya salah Jan 19, 2016 0 Fitch Ratings has affirmed Qatar National Bank’s (QNB) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘AA-‘ with a…
Arab Gulf stocks rebound as global markets stabilise Yomna Yasser Jan 19, 2016 0 Gulf bourses rebounded early Tuesday after global oil and equity markets stabilised for the time being at least,…