February 2010

Middle East: Regional banks display caution

Perhaps it should not come as a shock that UK banks have the biggest exposure on aggregate to Dubai World.


From peak to trough
Pricing Dubai risk

It is thought that they have about a $5 billion exposure to the state-investment company which is poised to restructure $22 billion of liabilities.

The biggest exposure is held by RBS followed by HSBC, Standard Chartered and Lloyds. A large chunk of these banks’ exposures is to the performing businesses within Dubai World although RBS, for example, has about $700 million outstanding to the entities put forward...


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