By MENA Fund Review
Qatar-based asset manager QInvest is optimistic and growing despite instability caused by the global financial crisis and the Arab Spring. MENA Fund Review spoke to Anuj Khanna, Head of Investments, about the firm’s philosophy and outlook.
While much of the asset management industry looks on the current world and specifically MENA region economic situation with a degree of doom, Qatar based investment house QInvest is upbeat about investment prospects over the medium term.
Qatar’s leading Investment Bank, participated in Islamic Finance News (IFN) Europe 2011, the largest annual event in Europe which brought together more than 650 high-level delegates to participate in the newly introduced unique concept “The Issuers & Investors concept” designed by IFN.
The Issuers & Investors concept will see
the first day focusing on and targeted towards
the issuer community, whilst the second day
will be for the investors. Two very separate
and
distinct days ensuring nobody need attend more
than one day.
Qatar’s leading Investment Bank, QInvest, has won EMEA Finance’s Most Innovative Sukuk Deal Award for work on behalf of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), the successful Sukuk offering that raised US$750 million.
Award winners were decided by a distinguished judging panel who selected QIB for its achievement in raising US$750 million and awarded it “Most Innovative Sukuk Deal”.
By The Islamic Globe
The Islamic Globe has learned that four months after Qatar ordered conventional banks to quit Islamic banking, there has been little progress by the conventional banks to dispose of their Islamic assets.
It was expected that mainstream lenders would have to auction off their Islamic units in the wake of the Qatar Central Bank decision, but any significant sell-off is yet to materialize, said Salah Jaidah, Deutsche Bank’s chief country officer in Qatar.
* Last phase in popular initiative attended by
scores of eager SME owners and
entrepreneurs.
* Interactive sessions focused on negotiation
and communications, habits for success,
management and leadership, the art of
delegation, planning, productivity, financing
and funding and innovation.
* Key presentations by partners and sponsors:
HSBC and QInvest.
Intercat Hospitality, with the help of its strategic partner QInvest, has been making strides towards its expansion plans in Qatar and the GCC.
QInvest and Institutional Investor are delighted to announce the 3rd Annual Qatar Global Investment Forum 2011 (QGIF 2011) taking place on the 16th November 2011 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha - Qatar.
Hosted by QInvest and organized by Institutional Investor, the event will again welcome high-profile investors, business leaders and commentators who will share their expertise and insight on current and future challenges and opportunities in Qatar, the region and beyond.
QInvest & Institutional Investor are delighted to announce the 3rd Annual Qatar Global Investment Forum 2011 (QGIF 2011) taking place on the 16th November 2011 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha - Qatar.
Hosted by QInvest and organized by Institutional Investor, the event will again welcome high-profile investors, business leaders and commentators who will share their expertise and insight on current and future challenges and opportunities in Qatar, the region and beyond.
Enterprise Qatar has held a packed workshop attended by Qatar’s small and medium business owners and managers to kick off the first phase of its ‘SME Evolution Program’, a free web-based training program for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The workshop was also attended by local program sponsors: Qtel, Qatar Science & Technology Park, HSBC and QInvest, strategic partner; General Secretariat of Development Planning and regional sponsors AllWorld, Aramex, Google, Intel and Zaywa.com. Potential, the company which designed the program, was also there.
By Staff Report - Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times has bagged the Middle East Business Leadership Award for the Media Sector at the second edition of the Middle East Business Leaders Summit and Awards Ceremony held on Sunday night.
Khaled Soliman, Group Chief Executive Officer of Galadari Brothers Co. LLC, received the prestigious award on behalf of the first English language newspaper of the UAE at the ceremony held at Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa.
By Alex Delmar-Morgan, Dow Jones Newswires
DOHA (Zawya Dow Jones)--Private sector demand for financing in Qatar is weak but will pick up as the government's recently announced $100 billion ten-year infrastructure spending plan kicks in, the chief executive of private Qatari investment bank QInvest said Thursday.
Mr. Tim Linacre, Chief Executive of Panmure Gordon & Co., collecting the award on behalf of QInvest from Mrs. Liz Peace, CEO of British Property Federation (BPF)
QInvest, Qatar’s leading Investment Bank, won an award of Excellence for Best Islamic Financial Institution in the Middle East from the 2010 IREF ME premier industry awards in London. The annual award ceremony was once again being held in conjunction with the British Property Federation (BPF), with Liz Peace, CEO of BPF presenting the accolade to QInvest.
Qatar is home to a new breed of Islamic bank: QInvest’s strong innovative capability has fuelled its progress to become the leading investment bank in the country in only 4 years.
QInvest is a relatively new entrant in the fast-growing world of Islamic finance, its aim being to bring together specialist investment banking, investment management, brokerage expertise and tailored wealth management services for its clients.
QInvest, Qatar’s leading Investment Bank, has once again led the way by winning the ‘Most Innovative GCC Investment Institution 2010’ in the World Finance GCC Awards and a listing in the ‘WF 100’.
Enterprise Qatar, the newly established authority to develop and promote the small and medium enterprise entities in Qatar, has announced the launch of the 'SME Evolution Program’, a free web-based training program for small and medium enterprises (SME’s).