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.