The airline is improving transparency, governance and its balance sheet to be ready to go public if ADQ decides to do so
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Qatar National Bank (QNB), the Gulf state’s biggest bank, shocked markets this week with a 0.8 per cent decline in quarterly profit — missing a 28-per cent earnings growth forecast of analysts in a Reuters survey last month.
QNB shares have slid almost 14 per cent since it said on Tuesday it booked 198 million riyals ($54.39 million) of provisions for credit losses on loans in the quarter, sending bank stocks across the Gulf lower as investors brace for more negative news.
Bank Muscat, Oman’s biggest bank, has warned it could book 26.9 million rials ($69.87 million) in impairment charges in 2008. Its stock fell over five per cent on Thursday.
“We may see much bigger provisioning in the fourth quarter than I had anticipated,” said Raj Madha, regional banking analyst at EFG-Hermes. By the second quarter, a pick up in Gulf non-performing loans (NPLs) was a “certainty”, he said.
“We will see a drastic drop in asset management revenues, we will see trading income evaporate, a drop in profits from the property sector and a massive drop in loan growth.”
The fortunes of banks in the world’s top oil-exporting region, including
Banks are now restricting lending as they face tight credit markets and, especially in
Cautious Approach
“UAE banks will be taking a cautious approach,” said Bikash Rout, senior financial analyst at Global Investment House.
Analysts in the Reuters survey predicted the fourth-quarter profits of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and National Bank of
Gulf governments have been struggling to keep their banks liquid and boost confidence after bourses in the region fell as much as 72 per cent last year. They have launched emergency funding facilities for banks and stock markets, slashed interest rates, guaranteed bank deposits and eased bank lending curbs.
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