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Interviews & Viewpoints | Abdulla bin Fahad bin Ghorab Al Marri, Chairman, Qatar First Bank (QFB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Articles & Analysis | New products and upgrades yield fresh opportunities for Qatar's markets from The Report: Qatar 2016
After a banner year in 2014, Qatar’s capital markets endured a period of volatility in 2015. The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ended 2015 down around 15% on the previous year, according to data from the exchange. Market participants and observers alike attributed the drop to fluctuating investor sentiment linked to the continued decline of energy...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Fahad Al Khalifa, Group CEO, Al Khaliji: Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Do you expect infrastructure financing to continue playing a key part in local financing in 2016?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor, Qatar Central Bank (QCB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Given that the QCB’s current strategy for developing the state’s financial services industry ends in 2016, what are the new strategy’s objectives?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Raghavan Seetharaman, Group CEO, Doha Bank: Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
How concerned are you that bank lending in the country could be impacted in 2016 given the current state of the economy? SEETHARAMAN: Lending is an overall function of economic momentum in the country. If the state is going to score 4.3% growth, then I would expect overall lending in the industry to expand by 7-8%. With regards to...
Articles & Analysis | Years of expansion and oversight lend stability to Qatar's banking sector from The Report: Qatar 2016
After half a decade of strong growth, Qatar’s banking sector is well positioned to weather regional economic volatility in 2016. As of the end of the first half of 2015 the country was home to the third-largest banking industry in the GCC, boasting total assets of $293bn. The sector consists of 18 institutions, including six domestic...