Press Release

Doha, May 11, 2017, QInvest, Qatar's leading private investment group and one of the region’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, announced today its results for the first quarter of 2017. QInvest maintained revenue and operating profitability at a consistent level and is pleased to publish results in line with its expectations. The Bank’s revenues continue to be well diversified across numerous markets and sectors creating a balanced risk profile.

Doha, May 9th, 2017, QInvest, Qatar's leading private investment group and one of the region’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, announced today its collaboration with a GCC institutional investor to create and launch the Magnolia Real Estate Fund, LLC (“the Fund” or “the Magnolia Fund”) which completed its first acquisition of  an outstanding asset in Colorado, US. The acquisition was funded using an Ijarah property debt structure provided by Freddie Mac.

Qatar, March 19, 2017: QInvest, Qatar’s leading investment group, announced today that it successfully launched its QInvest SQN Income Fund (the “Fund”), with it being oversubscribed. The Fund, which is a Sharia’a compliant closed-ended fund, provides a unique opportunity for investors to access income generating assets in developed markets. It aims to pay out a net yield of 7% per annum on a monthly basis and has a targeted IRR of between 8% and 9%, with a tenure of 5 years.

Doha, March 6th 2017, QInvest, Qatar's leading investment bank and one of the region’s most prominent Islamic financing institutions announced today the acquisition of a plot of land on South Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, in conjunction with a GCC investor.  The property, which is located in a highly sought after area of Charlotte, will be developed into an upscale 200-unit, multifamily apartment complex covering 165,000 square feet.

• Fund invested in a prime real-estate development in St John’s Wood, London
• Fund achieved 22% net returns to investors, surpassing initial return expectations   
• Demonstrative of QInvest’s strategy to provide investors with compelling real-estate opportunities in international markets

• Record revenues and operating profit since inception
• Well-diversified revenues across multiple geographies and sectors
• Advised on several international landmark deals and transactions
• 2017 outlook is positive and a number of transactions and investments are underway

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) priced its inaugural international bond issuance, raising US$17.5 billion

QInvest, Qatar's leading private investment group and one of the world’s prominent Islamic financial institutions, today announced its results for the first nine months of 2016

QInvest, Qatar's leading private investment group and one of the world’s prominent Islamic financial institutions, today announced its results for the first half of 2016. Revenues increased to US$65.7 million

QInvest, Qatar's leading private investment group and one of the world’s prominent Islamic financial institutions, today announces a strong start to the year, with an increase of 36% revenues for the first quarter to QAR 102 million (US$ 28 million) and net profit up 34% to QAR 37 million (US$ 10 million).

Acquisition of ERGO Portfoy establishes QInvest as a significant player in the Islamic asset management sector, with close to US$ 1 billion assets under management across its global platform

QInvest L.L.C., “QInvest”, Qatar's leading investment group and one of the world’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, announces today the acquisition of ERGO Portfoy, one of the largest and fastest growing asset management companies in Turkey. Following the completion of this acquisition, QInvest Asset Management will have assets under management close to US$ 1 billion.

QInvest, Qatar's leading investment group and one of the world’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, is pleased to announce its support of the second Annual Autism Outreach and Training Symposium, organized by Child Development Center (CDC) in Qatar.

QInvest, Qatar's leading private investment group and one of the world’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, announced, at its Annual General Meeting, that shareholder dividends have doubled after a record year of growth. The Bank demonstrated consistent performance throughout 2015 and recorded its highest revenue since its inception of QAR 393 million (US$ 108 million), up 32 percent, and net profit of QAR 154 million (US$ 42 million) up 76 percent.

QInvest, Qatar's leading investment group and one of the world’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, has provided a 5 year US$ 30 million murabaha mezzanine finance facility for Crescent Capital to fund its acquisition of a 100% stake in Akocak HPP, an operational 81 MW hydro-electric power plant in Turkey. 

QInvest, Qatar's leading investment group and one of the world’s most prominent Islamic financial institutions, today announces another year of robust growth recording its highest revenue since inception of QAR 393 million (US$ 108 million) and net profit of QAR 154 million (US$ 42 million). QInvest generated consistent performance throughout 2015 despite challenging global economic conditions and regional volatility, culminating in an increase in both revenues and net profit of 32% and 76% respectively. The bank recommends doubling the dividend to shareholders for financial year 2015.

Memorandum of Understanding offers places in the QInvest QTALENT internship program to CMU-Q students and new graduates

Most of the oil economies in the Middle East suffered revenue losses on account of fluctuation in global oil prices in the past as they continue to do so now. As part of their long-term investment strategies, many countries in the region, including those in the GCC like Qatar, have set up Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) to negate any impact...

QInvest, Qatar's leading investment bank and one of the most prominent Islamic financial groups in the world announced today that it has launched the QInvest Pramerica Liquid Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”) in partnership with Pramerica Real Estate Investors (“Pramerica”), the real estate investment management business of U.S.-headquartered Prudential Financial...

QInvest, Qatar's leading investment bank and one of the most prominent Islamic financial institutions in the world, is delighted to announce that it was named Best Investment Bank in Qatar at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2015. This marks the fourth year in a row that QInvest has received the award, underscoring its leading position in the region.