Kuwait City: Kuwaiti firm Al Madina for Finance and Investment Co said on Wednesday it was uncertain of its ability to continue as a going concern, after posting a 26 per cent drop in assets and widening its losses for the last financial year. In a statement to the Dubai bourse, where it is cross-listed, the Islamic investment firm cited unpaid contracts, lawsuits with creditors and the confiscation of “the company’s pledged assets for wakala payables”. Al Madina has applied to a Kuwaiti court for protection from creditors and there is “a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern”, it said.
The company posted a net loss of 8.2 million Kuwaiti dinars (Dh107 million, $29.2 million) for the 2013 financial year, against a 3.3 million dinar loss a year earlier, while total assets fell by more than a quarter to 106.1 million dinars.
