How is the local asset management sector growing, and what are the challenges facing its progress?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Emad Mansour, CEO, Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB) from The Report: Qatar 2012
Articles & Analysis | International appeal: The sector is host to a diverse group of foreign players from The Report: Qatar 2012
Key to Qatar’s crowded banking sector is its foreign bank branches. By year-end 2011, these lenders held QR32.2bn ($8.8bn) in assets, equivalent to a 4.8% share of the market, down from 7.7% in 2010. Nonetheless, foreign banks have achieved notable success in the country in the long run, with the segment achieving a 12.7% compound annual growth rate...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Abdul Hakeem Mostafawi, CEO, HSBC from The Report: Qatar 2012
What reforms need to be addressed to facilitate further growth in real estate project financing?
Articles & Analysis | All change: Separation of Islamic finance and credit restrictions head the recent adjustments to the system from The Report: Qatar 2012
Several important regulatory moves impacted Qatar’s banking system in 2011 within the framework of ongoing initiatives to reduce risk and household debt exposure while moving towards the long-debated goal of a single regulatory authority. The first of these major changes was a February 2011 regulation that obliged conventional banks to close their...
As the pension sector in Turkey prepares for upcoming regulatory changes, moves are under way in the private sector to transfer the pension departments of banks into more independent segments. Both of these developments are promising, given that they may lead to an increase in the domestic savings rate, which is currently low.
Le projet de création d'une agence de notation chargée d'évaluer le niveau de stabilité des banques algériennes, longuement attendu, semble aujourd'hui relancé, comme en témoigne l'accélération du processus de sélection d'un mécanisme de contrôle.