The chief operating officer of Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank Gulf Finance House - Haider Al Majali - has resigned. At the time of going to press, no name of a new COO has been mentioned. Meanwhile, the country's position as an Islamic finance capital of the GCC is strongly questioned. Ethnic conflicts and misuse of tear gas by the police against vocal opponents to the ruling regime are the main threat. The financial position of Bahrain depends on the development of its domestic situation.