Qatar Fund Buys HSBC's London Headquarters
Qatar's sovereign-wealth fund has completed the purchase of the London headquarters of HSBC Holdings PLC, in the U.K.'s largest ever…
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Hong Kong wants to be a platform for trade with China and Far East
Hong Kong, an externally oriented economy with a robust financial services sector is keen to work closely with the businesses…
Qatari hires veteran banker Ken Costa to board of Songbird
The Qataris have brought in one of the City’s best-known rainmakers to help win control of the Canary Wharf Estate.…
Qatar’s giant SWF replaces CEO
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which controls an estimated US$170 billion in assets, has replaced its chief executive officer with a…
Six jobs Middle Eastern banks are still desperate to fill in 2014
The end of the year is fast-approaching; a time when finance recruiters sit back and start planning for the coming…
Major investor backs Qatar's bid for Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates
The Qatari sovereign wealth fund and its partner Brookfield's joint £2.6bn bid for Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates has been…
Qatar Investment Authority to Make Strategic Investment in Brookfield Property Partners
Brookfield Property Partners L.P announced today that its subsidiary Brookfield Property L.P. has issued $1.8 billion of exchangeable preferred equity…
Russian investment fund eyeing more joint ventures with Turkey
Defying rising pressure on Ankara from Western powers to join economic sanctions against Moscow, Turkey and Russia have taken yet…
Qatar Replaces Wealth Fund Head
Qatar has replaced the head of its $300 billion sovereign-wealth fund with a member of the wealthy Gulf State’s royal…
Burgan Bank ratings affirmed
The FSR is constrained by Burgan Bank's high indirect exposure to non-investment grade sovereigns through operating subsidiary banks, by large…
New NBAD investment funds being developed
National Bank of Abu Dhabi is developing investment funds to manage money portfolio for large sovereign and pension funds from…
2015 an active year for SWFs in the Middle East, says KPMG
Over the past two years, there has been a shift in how the Middle East’s Sovereign Wealth Funds have had…