Our products cover 4 key areas:

1) Deposits & Finances

We provide ALM solutions across the yield curve in a number of currencies, covering short, medium and long term requirements

• Mudarabah Deposits
• Interbank Placements

2) Foreign Exchange

Volatile foreign exchange (FX) rates can have a significant impact on earnings, cash flows and profitability. At Barwa Bank, we can help you design and implement cost-effective management of currency risk, which can help stabilize your cash flows in relation to currency markets, to help you create a competitive advantage

• FX Spot
• FX Hedging (Waad- or Murabaha-based)

3) Investments

Sukuk. Barwa Bank is a leading player in Capital Markets. We have been Bookrunners and Joint Lead Managers on a number of recent international sukuk issuances. Our sukuk structuring, distribution, syndication and market-making capabilities allow us to provide a full Capital Markets offering

Custody Service: Barwa Bank has a Custody Service for customers wishing to invest in the Sukuk Market. Barwa Bank will arrange safekeeping of client assets, and will arrange settlement and coupon collection on behalf of our clients. Those clients trading through Barwa Bank receive access to competitive market prices, commentary and trading views

Structured Investments. We offer investors structured investment solutions, with the ability to enhance returns in relation to vanilla deposit rates. Solutions can be linked to a number of Shariah compliant asset classes, including foreign exchange and both regional and international equities. Solutions can be tailor-made to fit specific risk appetite and are backed by strong analytical research. Furthermore, they can be structured to offer various degrees of capital protection

4) Risk Management & Hedging Solutions

Profit Rate & Cross Currency SWAPs. The use of Islamic hedging has grown significantly within the last few years. Hedging solutions are typically used to protect clients against adverse movements in markets. In addition, they help provide varying degrees of certainty within volatile market environments. We have worked with our Shariah board to provide Islamic hedging solutions that protect against movements within the rates and foreign exchange markets, using Profit Rate and Currency SWAPs

For any inquiries or additional information, please contact the Treasury & Investments team on: +974 444 88610 / 88608 or Treasury&Investments.Sales@barwabank.com