Company Insights Qatar Investment Authority Banking & Finance Qatar Investment Authority News Aviation Qatari bank buys stake in Edinburgh Airport A sharia-compliant Qatari investment bank has acquired a minority stake in Edinburgh Airport through an infrastructure-focused investment fund. “This investment aligns with the bank’s strategic focus on resilient asset classes and marks the bank’s entry into the global infrastructure investment market,” Lesha Bank said in a press release. Edinburgh Airport, Scotland’s busiest and the sixth […] March 27, 2025 Transport Asyad Shipping raises $333m from Muscat listing Asyad Shipping, an Omani state-run company, has raised OMR128 million ($333 million) in an initial public offering of a fifth of its shares on the Muscat stock exchange, the company said in a statement. Based on the final offer price of 123 baisas per share, the company’s market capitalisation on listing will be OMR641 million […] March 5, 2025 Banking & Finance QIA weighs new VC companies to join $1bn fund Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is evaluating eight venture capital (VC) firms to add to its “fund of funds” venture capital programme. The programme has already invested nearly $500 million in six firms, the head of funds at the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) told Reuters on Monday. The $1 billion programme will be almost fully invested […] February 25, 2025 Trade Qatar to invest $10bn in India and launch free trade talks Qatar has agreed to invest $10 billion in India as trade ties between the two deepen. The countries have committed to double the level of imports and exports to $28 billion in the next five years and to establish a free trade agreement. A joint statement said Qatar would explore investment opportunities in sectors including […] February 19, 2025 Logistics Oman seeks $330m in shipping company IPO Asyad, Oman’s state-run shipping company, is selling shares to the public this month in an effort to raise more than $330 million to fund expansion of its container and storage facilities at the country’s ports, and grow its fleet of vessels by more than a third. Oman is also selling off state assets to reduce […] February 19, 2025 Transport Dubai signs deal for Tesla underground ‘Loop’ Dubai has signed a deal with Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker, to build an underground road system in the emirate. Under a partnership agreement with Dubai authorities, a network of tunnels will be constructed under the city. Known as the Dubai Loop, the road system is intended to alleviate to some extent the increasing […] February 13, 2025 Analysis Business of Sport PIF backs $5bn NBA rival basketball league Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is planning to back a new $5 billion basketball competition in Europe and Asia that’s expected to rival the US’s National Basketball Association (NBA), according to media reports. The unnamed tournament will feature six men’s and six women’s teams playing in eight host cities in Europe and Asia. The competition […] February 10, 2025 Opinion Artificial Intelligence DeepSeek shock suggests what goes up must come down GCC sovereign investors view AI as a core segment of their economic diversification strategies January 31, 2025 Tech Qatar leads funding for quantum computing company Alice & Bob, a Paris-based quantum computing company, has raised $104 million in a Series B funding round led by an investment joint venture between Qatar Investment Authority and Bpifrance. The funding will accelerate the development of the French company’s quantum computing platform, which utilises its “cat qubit” technology. A qubit (quantum bit) is the […] January 28, 2025 Tech QIA alert to Trump’s tech push The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is open to exploring further technology investment opportunities, as it expects a sharp increase in US tech deals under the Trump administration. The presence of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos at President Donald Trump’s inauguration suggests his government will be supportive of the tech industry, Mohammed Al Hardan, the head of technology, media […] January 23, 2025 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 … 12 Next
Aviation Qatari bank buys stake in Edinburgh Airport A sharia-compliant Qatari investment bank has acquired a minority stake in Edinburgh Airport through an infrastructure-focused investment fund. “This investment aligns with the bank’s strategic focus on resilient asset classes and marks the bank’s entry into the global infrastructure investment market,” Lesha Bank said in a press release. Edinburgh Airport, Scotland’s busiest and the sixth […] March 27, 2025
Transport Asyad Shipping raises $333m from Muscat listing Asyad Shipping, an Omani state-run company, has raised OMR128 million ($333 million) in an initial public offering of a fifth of its shares on the Muscat stock exchange, the company said in a statement. Based on the final offer price of 123 baisas per share, the company’s market capitalisation on listing will be OMR641 million […] March 5, 2025
Banking & Finance QIA weighs new VC companies to join $1bn fund Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is evaluating eight venture capital (VC) firms to add to its “fund of funds” venture capital programme. The programme has already invested nearly $500 million in six firms, the head of funds at the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) told Reuters on Monday. The $1 billion programme will be almost fully invested […] February 25, 2025
Trade Qatar to invest $10bn in India and launch free trade talks Qatar has agreed to invest $10 billion in India as trade ties between the two deepen. The countries have committed to double the level of imports and exports to $28 billion in the next five years and to establish a free trade agreement. A joint statement said Qatar would explore investment opportunities in sectors including […] February 19, 2025
Logistics Oman seeks $330m in shipping company IPO Asyad, Oman’s state-run shipping company, is selling shares to the public this month in an effort to raise more than $330 million to fund expansion of its container and storage facilities at the country’s ports, and grow its fleet of vessels by more than a third. Oman is also selling off state assets to reduce […] February 19, 2025
Transport Dubai signs deal for Tesla underground ‘Loop’ Dubai has signed a deal with Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker, to build an underground road system in the emirate. Under a partnership agreement with Dubai authorities, a network of tunnels will be constructed under the city. Known as the Dubai Loop, the road system is intended to alleviate to some extent the increasing […] February 13, 2025
Analysis Business of Sport PIF backs $5bn NBA rival basketball league Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is planning to back a new $5 billion basketball competition in Europe and Asia that’s expected to rival the US’s National Basketball Association (NBA), according to media reports. The unnamed tournament will feature six men’s and six women’s teams playing in eight host cities in Europe and Asia. The competition […] February 10, 2025
Opinion Artificial Intelligence DeepSeek shock suggests what goes up must come down GCC sovereign investors view AI as a core segment of their economic diversification strategies January 31, 2025
Tech Qatar leads funding for quantum computing company Alice & Bob, a Paris-based quantum computing company, has raised $104 million in a Series B funding round led by an investment joint venture between Qatar Investment Authority and Bpifrance. The funding will accelerate the development of the French company’s quantum computing platform, which utilises its “cat qubit” technology. A qubit (quantum bit) is the […] January 28, 2025
Tech QIA alert to Trump’s tech push The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is open to exploring further technology investment opportunities, as it expects a sharp increase in US tech deals under the Trump administration. The presence of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos at President Donald Trump’s inauguration suggests his government will be supportive of the tech industry, Mohammed Al Hardan, the head of technology, media […] January 23, 2025
