QInvest, Qatar’s leading investment bank and one of the
prominent financial institutions, won three titles from
The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2014. The Asset
named QInvest as “Best Sukuk House, Qatar”, “Best Islamic
Asset Management House, Qatar” and “Best Deal, Qatar for
Ooredoo US$1.25 billion five-year sukuk”.
The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2014 Luncheon
took place on Thursday 29th of May at the Diamond
Ballroom, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala
Lumpur.
Commenting on this achievement, Tamim Hamad Al-Kawari,
QInvest’s CEO, said:
“The three awards express our commitment and dedication to
offer competitive financial solutions while contributing
to the development of the industry. Since the changes in
the bank’s structure and strategy, we, across all business
lines, are offering innovative Sharia’a compliant
investment products to our investors in the GCC region and
beyond”.
Al-Kawari added: "These accolades
are a significant achievement for the experienced and
talented team who is continually developing solutions,
while responding to clients’ appetite and investors’
seeking diversifies opportunities for their
portfolio”.
Datuk Mohamed Azahari Kamil, the CEO of Asian Finance Bank
Berhad, an associate company to QInvest, received the
awards and celebrated QInvest’s outstanding success for
Asia’s financial markets in 2014.
Datuk Mohamed Azahari Kamil, the CEO of Asian Finance
Bank Berhad, commented:
“we are pleased to be able to receive this award which is
in recognition of QInvest’s commitment to develop further
the Islamic Capital Market opportunities”.
The Asset Triple A Awards are Asia’s defining recognition
for excellence in the industry. Into their second decade
the perception and appreciation of The Triple A’s has
witnessed significant growth. This reputation has been
built upon the stringent methodology, combined with the
rigorous approach to the selection of the winners of the
coveted Triple A. The awards are adjudicated by The
Asset’s Board of Editors who collectively has several
decades’ worth of evaluating industry awards in Asia.
QInvest (Qatar), along with Danareksa Sekuritas
(Indonesia), CIMB Islamic Investment Bank (Malaysia) and
Meezan Bank (Pakistan) won the
best Sukuk House by Country. The
Qatari investment bank won the best Islamic Asset
Management House by Country with Franklin Templeton GSC
Asset Management (Malaysia – institutional), Public Mutual
(Malaysia - Retail), Al Meezan Investments (Pakistan), and
HSBC (Saudi Arabia).
The third award was collectively won by QInvest, DBS Bank,
Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and QNB Capital for the Ooredoo
US$1.25 billion five-year sukuk where all played the role of a Joint bookrunners and lead managers.