MENA Asset Management Survey 2012 - National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Bahrain
Average Assets of Funds
(millions of U.S. dollars, end of period, annual data except for October 2012)
US$ million
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Fund Assets/ Number of All Funds
Islamic Fund Assets/Number of Sharia Funds
Locally Incorp Fund Assets/Number of Such Funds
2003 2006 2009 Oct-12
Source: Central Bank of Bahrain
The growth rate of fund assets has continued to mirror that of equity markets due
to the large proportion of equity fund assets in the total.
Growth Rate of Fund Assets
(percentage change y-o-y, end of period, quarterly data)
80
% change y-o-y
40
0
-40
Fund Assets S&P GCC Large Cap Index
-80
2002Q2 2004Q4 2007Q2 2009Q4 2012Q2
Source: Bloomberg, Central Bank of Bahrain
222