GIB UK Bahrain Asset Manager of the year

Manama : GIB UK has announced that they have been awarded Bahrain Asset Manager of the Year and Regional Equities Manager of the Year as part of the Global Investor/ISF MENA Awards 2015.

Peter Carey CFA, Head of Equities commented: “We are delighted to receive this award as recognition for all the team’s hard work on behalf of clients over the last 25 years.”

GIB is owned by the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund owns 97.2 per cent of GIB.

Mark Watts CFA, Chief Executive Officer of GIB UK added: “Asset Management is a key growth area for the bank and indeed will continue to be a growth area in the Saudi and GCC markets.”

The awards were announced and presented at the MENA Capital Markets Summit and Awards 2015 by Global Investor/ISF, the flagship asset management and asset servicing title within Euromoney and is a subscription based magazine with approximately 7,000 targeted readers globally.