Foreign participation in the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) is set to rise on the back of technical reforms that have been implemented in the wake of the exchange’s upgrade to emerging market status.
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Articles & Analysis | Qatar strives to provide accurate information on Islamic financial services from The Report: Qatar 2015
As Qatar’s Islamic financial services (IFS) sector expands, options are multipling for investors wishing to deploy their assets in a sharia-compliant manner. A key development in this regard came in 2013, when the nation’s stock market, the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), teamed up with Al Rayan Investment, a subsidiary of Qatar’s second-largest...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Bassel Gamal, Group CEO, Qatar Islamic Bank: Interview from The Report: Qatar 2015
What options are available to Islamic banks in Qatar that want to finance large projects?
Articles & Analysis | Qatar's sukuk market looks promising from The Report: Qatar 2015
The MENA market for sukuk,or sharia-compliant bonds, has seen an impressive recovery since the onset of the global financial crisis led to a sharp dip in Islamic debt issuance. After peaking at $19bn in 2007, the value of the region’s annual sukuk offerings settled at about half that in the following three years, according to KIPCO...
Articles & Analysis | Qatar a regional leader and major global competitor in Islamic financial services from The Report: Qatar 2015
It has been another strong year for Qatar’s Islamic financial services (IFS) companies, which have continued a well-established trend of outpacing their conventional rivals in terms of growth. The nation’s IFS sector has emerged as one of the region’s most vibrant, comprising a rapidly expanding Islamic banking segment, an array of Islamic...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor, Qatar Central Bank (QCB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2015
To what extent have efficiency and transparency increased following the QCB’s assumption of its role as overall regulator of the financial system?