What role will sukuk (Islamic bond) issuance play in the market going forward?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Khalid Yousef Al Subeai, Acting Group CEO, Barwa Bank: Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Articles & Analysis | Qatar expects demand for project funding to drive future growth in Islamic financial services from The Report: Qatar 2016
In recent years Qatar’s Islamic financial services (IFS) sector has expanded rapidly, on the back of government support and growing interest among domestic corporates and individuals alike. While tightening liquidity has the potential to result in slightly curtailed growth across the country’s banking sector as a whole in 2016-17, sharia-...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Bassel Gamal, Group CEO, Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
Do you view the recent growth of sharia-compliant finance in non-Islamic jurisdictions as complementary to, or competitive with, Qatar’s aspirations to become an Islamic financial centre?
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 | Abdulbasit Ahmed Al Shaibei, CEO, Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB): Interview from The Report: Qatar 2016
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?