France’s justice minister Francois Bayrou has said France should end tax breaks to Qatari investors on property deals, just days after several Arab countries severed ties with the Gulf Arab state.
Share prices in Qatar have weakened after global index provider FTSE Russell named the 22 Qatari companies that will be included in its Secondary Emerging Market Index, when it upgrades Qatar from ‘Frontier‘ status later this month.
Qatar’s royal family has increased its stake in Deutsche Bank to nearly 10% and recommended a replacement for an open position on the bank’s supervisory board.
Increasing client demand has seen deVere Group move to larger premises in the Qatari capital of Doha, as it looks to take on more financial advisers and support staff.
Guardian Wealth Management is to close its office in Qatar after a “strategic review” of the Middle East, shortly after gaining a broker licence with the region’s Insurance Authority in January this year.
The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Regulatory Authority has introduced a new set of Islamic banking regulations and a revised set of its Conduct of Business rules to boost the Gulf nation’s appeal to financial businesses and investors.
Pension liberation scammers are increasingly targeting expatriates in Qatar, warned independent financial advice giant, deVere.
Isle of Man-based Qatar Investment Fund (QIF), which invests largely in Qatari-listed stocks, has announced details of its planned tender offer ahead of a discontinuation vote at its annual general meeting on 12 November.
Friends Provident International is abandoning all of its global operations, excluding Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and the ‘permitted jurisdictions’ of South Africa and Qatar.
Isle of Man-based Qatar Investment Fund, which invests largely in Qatari-listed stocks, has come up with what it claims is a unique offer to shareholders to ensure success at a discontinuation vote due to be held later this year.
FACT Middle East, a specialist family office business, has been granted a licence by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) and is now fully operational in the Persian Gulf state.
The Qatar Investment Fund, which invests into quoted Qatari equities, predicts growth in the country’s financial sector this year as expats capitalise on ongoing infrastructure opportunities.
