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).
Tapping into more than 200 years of proven natural gas reserves and substantial oil resources expected to last for years, the Qatar’s strategic long-term role in fuelling regional and global growth is clear. In recent years, Qatar has stepped up its efforts to ensure its economic growth is sustained by maintaining a competitive advantage achieved through 25.7 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and natural gas deposits in excess of 900 trillion cubic feet. It is easy to see why investors see Qatar as the Gulf’s new economic powerhouse.
By Tamara Walid, Bloomberg
QInvest, the investment bank that’s 49 percent owned by Qatar Islamic Bank, is working to conclude two “reasonable size” mandates for initial public offerings by local companies this year, its chief executive officer said.
“We are looking to conclude one transaction in the second- quarter of 2011, and the other in the second half,” Shahzad Shahbaz said in a telephone interview today. The size of the IPOs is yet to be determined, he said.
Qatar’s leading investment bank, QInvest, has exclusively won the prestigious award for ‘Best Sharia Compliant Firm’ at the Private Equity World Awards (PEWA) Gala Dinner in the United Arab Emirates.
QInvest’s Chief Executive Officer, Shahzad Shahbaz, said: “We are honored that the PEWA Awards have chosen to recognize QInvest and its achievements. This award affirms the wisdom of our investment strategy that delivers value, performance to investors and innovative investment opportunities to our clients."