Conference features His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, Governor of the Qatar Central Bank; Abdulrahman Ahmad Al-Shaibi, Managing Director and Board Member of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority; and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman and CEO, WL Ross & Co.
Bloomberg Doha Conference
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- More than 200 asset managers from Asia, Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East are expected to attend the Bloomberg Doha Conference organized by Bloomberg LINK in partnership with the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (“QFC Authority”) on Monday, April 16th and Tuesday, April 17th 2012 in Doha, Qatar. The Conference will take place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Delegates will include senior representatives of the local, regional and international media. High-profile speakers, including fund managers, key investors, executives of global bankers, economists, chief executive officers, and prominent Qatari decision makers will discuss major themes such as global issues affecting asset managers, opportunities in various asset classes and market conditions in the Middle East.
The wide range of specific topics speakers are expected to debate will include the changing landscape for private equity, the outlook for global banking in 2012, real estate in emerging markets and Qatar National Vision 2030. Panelists will also discuss how many countries in the Middle East are working to diversify away from an oil-based economy, how the wave of uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa will affect business in the region and where investors can find opportunities in Afghanistan and Iraq as a new emerging markets.
“Qatar provides the perfect backdrop for our first conference in the Middle East, given it is one of the fastest growing economies in the region,” said Robert Bierman, head of Bloomberg LINK. “Attendees at the conference will hear from some of the world’s leading financiers about opportunities and potential risks in an uncertain global economy and walk away with a new perspective on investing.”
Yousuf Al Jaida, Director of Asset Management at the Qatar Financial Centre Authority said, “Asset management is a core focus of the QFC Authority. We welcome so many senior figures from the world of asset management to Doha. Their presence at this major conference is testimony to the progress we have made in developing Qatar as a financial centre and to the growing importance of the Gulf region as a link between the mature markets of the west and the emerging markets of the east.”
Key speakers include:
H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank
Abdulrahman Ahmad Al-Shaibi,Managing Director and Board Member, Qatar Financial Centre Authority; Director of Finance, Qatar Petroleum Group
Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, Executive Chairman, Qatar National Food Security Programme (QNFSP)
Issa Bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi,Chief Executive Officer, Msheireb Properties
Nemir Kirdar, Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO, Investcorp
Timothy R.M. Main, Senior Advisor, Evercore Partners Inc
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman and CEO, WL Ross & Co.
Wahidullah Shahrani, Minister of Mines, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Yorick Van Slingelandt, Managing Director, Co-Head of Investment Banking, MENA, Moelis & Company
Sam Zell, Chairman, Equity Group Investments.
For updates on the program and speakers, please visit: http://www.bloomberglink.com/doha.
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For more information on Bloomberg, please visit http://www.bloomberg.com/about, and for further information about the QFC Authority http://www.qfc.com.qa.
About Bloomberg LINK
Bringing the power of Bloomberg to the executive conference business, Bloomberg LINK produces invitation-only, in-person gatherings that combine world-class editorial programming with peer-to-peer networking amongst the who’s who in influential communities. In this environment, participants engage in open discussions that lead to learning from each other’s expertise and experience. For more information, please visit www.bloomberglink.com.
About Bloomberg
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company’s strength--delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately- -is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 300,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.
About QFC
The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is a financial and business centre established by the Government of Qatar and located in Doha. It has been designed to attract international financial services institutions and major multi-national corporations in particular those operating in the reinsurance, captive insurance and asset management sectors and to encourage participation in the growing market for financial services in Qatar and elsewhere in the region. The QFC operates to international standards and provides a first class legal and business infrastructure for those operating within the QFC. The QFC was created by Qatar Law No. (7) and has been open for business since 1 May 2005.
QFC Authority
The QFC Authority is the commercial, administrative and legislative body responsible for leading the expansion of Qatar’s financial services sector, providing a uniquely sustainable platform for regional growth in reinsurance, captive insurance and asset management.
For more information on the QFC Authority please visit www.qfc.com.qa
Contacts
Bloomberg
Angela Martin, +1 212-617-1211
angelamartin@bloomberg.net
Qatar Financial Centre Authority
Stephen Carriere, +974-4496-7784
S.Carriere@qfc.com.qa
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