Kuwait KIA Sees No Conflict of Interest in KFH-AUB Merger: Qabas

Kuwait Investment Authority, the country’s wealth fund, sees no conflict of interest in a potential merger between Kuwait Finance House KSCP and Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank BSC, Al Qabas newspaper reported.

Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security owns 18.7 percent of Ahli United, while the KIA holds 24.1 percent of Kuwait Finance House, according to Bloomberg data. Kuwait’s finance minister is the chairman of both the Public Institution for Social Security and the KIA.