With strong banking and financial services segments combined with an expanding insurance sector and global demand for Islamic bonds, sharia-compliant finance in Qatar is expected to see continued growth in 2012. During a year in which the sector underwent many regulatory changes to close Islamic windows in Qatar’s conventional banks in favour of...
While in the last few years many states in the region have debated moves to establish local secondary and junior markets, Qatar has taken several steps towards making these a reality. The state has begun issuing local currency treasury bills (T-bills) with an eye to developing a domestic market for fixed-income products. Likewise, the Qatar Exchange...
THE COMPANY: Qatar Gas Transport or Nakilat (QGTS on the Qatar Exchange) is the world’s largest owner of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships. QGTS was incorporated in 2004 to address the needs for shipping the large quantities of LNG being produced by Qatar. With a total effective LNG shipping capacity of...
In recent years, Qatar has seen economic prosperity unprecedented in its national history, transforming itself into the richest country in the world by many standards. In 2011 GDP per capita grew by 14% in real terms, according to data released by the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) in March 2012. As economic growth continues, the government is...
THE COMPANY: Masraf Al Rayan (MARK on the Qatar Exchange) is the country’s fourth-largest bank, with a 7.9% market share based on total assets in the overall domestic banking sector as of 2011. It is also the second-largest sharia-compliant bank in the country. Besides Qatar, the bank also has a presence...
High oil and natural gas prices combined with a 20-year strategic investment programme have catapulted Qatar into the ranks of the highest per-capita income economies in the world. Sustained GDP growth has created substantial wealth and raised the country’s standard of living to a level comparable to the most highly industrialised nations....
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