| As Mumtalakat rides high on its recent leap in profits, its chief executive Mahmood Hashim al Kooheji talks about the fund’s plans to step up its international investments and Bahrain’s non- oil sector. One of the smaller and younger sovereign wealth funds in the region, Bahrain’s Mumtalakat has played a key role in developing the Gulf country’s economy. Founded in 2006, it holds stakes in 38 firms, including non- oil stalwarts such as Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) and Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco), for a combined value of $7.2 billion.
The year 2014 started on a distinctive note for the wealth fund as it posted a significant jump in profits 2013 after recording losses for five straight years. Mumtalakat’s gross profit last year rose 135 per cent to reach BD109.4 million compared with a net loss of BD46.5 million in 2012...............................................Full Article: Source
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