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Qatar launches new initiative to boost stock market liquidity

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The $445 billion sovereign wealth fund said that licensed market markets would be able to access some of QIA's stock inventory.

The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) tweeted on Tuesday that it launched a new market making initiative to boost liquidity at the Qatar Stock Exchange as part of a wider raft of reforms to attract foreign investors.

The $445 billion sovereign wealth fund said that licensed market markets would be able to access some of QIA’s stock inventory and incentives programmes to make the market in Qatar Stock Exchange’s listed stocks.

Qatar’s stock exchange, which trades about QR 500 million ($137.36 million) a day, is working with various stakeholders to further increase the free float in the market, the QIA said in a separate statement on the bourse on Tuesday.

The bourse was also working “to attract more listings, introduce more ETFs and derivatives to help investors diversify their portfolios and better manage their investment risks”, the QIA said.

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