Operational Review | Treasury & Investments
Record income and higher
liquidity levels

Treasury and investment operations closed the year with record income and increased profit, higher liquidity levels, and an even stronger capital position – the product of strategic investment in people, systems, and technology for long-term growth.

Operative income rose by 56 percent during 2011 and net profit by 191 percent, while operating costs were reduced by 21 percent.

ADCB’s first sukuk – and only the second Islamic bond issue from a conventional bank in the GCC – was successfully launched, the highlight of a year in which the Bank expanded its entire Islamic operations. The Islamic structured products programme has introduced a suite of innovative Islamic investment and risk solutions that now successfully compete with local and regional Islamic banks’ offerings. For example, ADCB’s profit rate swap was ranked top among the prominent
Islamic banks.

A conventional bond issue in the Swiss franc market – the second of its kind by ADCB – was also positively received by investors. The strong appetite for all ADCB issuances confirmed the trust that global investors hold in the Bank.

ADCB’s Treasury and Investments Group