Thursday 28 April 2011

UAE banks: falling short of expectations | beyondbrics – FT.com

The UAE may be coming out a winner of the Middle Eastern unrest as it welcomes bankers and investors burned in Bahrain and North Africa.

But lingering weakness in its banking sector is a reminder that the Gulf state is still nursing its own wounds from its 2008-2009 financial and real estate crisis.

Local banks’ liquidity and capital levels are gradually improving, as are levels of provisioning for bad loans, analysts say.

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