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Interviews & Viewpoints | Abdulbasit Ahmed Al Shaibei, CEO, Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Articles & Analysis | Islamic banks get ready to expand in Qatar and the GCC region from The Report: Qatar 2016
With balance sheet growth of 19%, up from 12% the previous year, at the end of 2014 Qatar was home to the fastest-growing Islamic banking segment in the GCC region, according to data released in late 2015 by the international ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P). The country’s four national sharia-compliant lenders – namely Qatar...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Abdulla bin Fahad bin Ghorab Al Marri, Chairman, Qatar First Bank (QFB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Is the current economic environment in the Gulf impacting the way private equity is managed?
Articles & Analysis | Qatar Stock Exchange introduces diverse products from The Report: Qatar 2016
Over the past decade the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) has benefitted from a near-continuous series of reforms, and according to the government, additional improvements are expected to deepen the bourse considerably in the coming years.
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 | 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?