The Central Bank of Bahrain said that Bahrain is host to a thriving mutual funds industry. The first overseas mutual funds started being marketed in Bahrain during the 1980s, and the first Bahrain-domiciled scheme launched in 1984.
It announced on its website that the number of mutual funds as at the end of June 2025 stood at 1,733 funds, of which 60 funds were Bahrain domiciled, compared to 1,707 funds as of June 2024.
The number of Sharia-compliant funds stood at 158 as of June 2025. The net asset value (NAV) of those funds totalled $11.269 billion as of the end of March 2025, reflecting a 2.44 per cent decrease compared to $11.551bn the previous year.
Of the total NAV, $4.411bn is invested in locally incorporated funds, and $2.004bn in Sharia-compliant funds.
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