Investment manager fined and banned in Qatar
After he ‘provided misleading information’ to the regulator

After he ‘provided misleading information’ to the regulator

Business was handed a £6.8m financial penalty in 2018

It has hired Doha Bank’s head of private banking to run the operation

In response to demand from industry for ‘more innovative and flexible’ structures

It hopes to hire around 20 people for the newly created operation by the end of 2021

Victor says ‘our sector should have no place for the individuals who are currently running IFSQ’

It aims to open the office in Doha during the first half of 2021

The firm was banned from accepting new business on 17 September

It comes a little over a year after the firm was hit with a $100,000 fine

But financial hardship and coronavirus see the penalty commuted

After regulator uncovered serious legal and regulatory breaches

Financial services firms have been self-governing until now