MANAMA: Cluttons Capital Partners (CCP) has successfully advised Bahrain-based Seera Investment Bank in a structured financing transaction for a high-quality student accommodation scheme located in Aldgate, UK, and within Zone 1. The development project has been specifically designed to cater to the growing international student market and will provide 310 premium quality student rooms in a new 18-storey tower together with 29 student loft apartments and 35,000 sq ft of commercial space. Construction Read more [...]

A FORMER commander of the US Navy in the region has described both the Bahraini Ruling Family and the navy's presence in the kingdom as "important to ensuring peace in the region, open sea lanes and the containment of Iran's hegemonic ambitions". Retired Vice-Admiral and former commander of the US Fifth Fleet, Douglas Katz, put his weight behind reforms initiated by His Majesty King Hamad in a blog that appeared on the website of The Hill, a publication that focuses on the US Congress in Washington, Read more [...]

A Hamas spokesman in Gaza says a senior official from the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain will visit the territory. Taher Nunu said Tuesday that Mustafa al-Sayed, head of the Bahrain Royal Charity Organization, will lead a delegation to Gaza this week. He said al-Sayed will open schools funded by the charity. Last week Qatar’s ruler met with Hamas leaders in Gaza, the first visit by a head of state Hamas seized Gaza in 2007. While al-Sayid has been to Gaza previously, the timing of Read more [...]