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Hong Kong's FSDC signs MoU with Qatar Financial Centre Authority

The agreement between the Financial Services Development Council and the tax and legal arm of the Qatar Financial Centre is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, expertise and market insights.

May 08, 2024

Taiwan's insurers play cat and mouse over bond exposure

Who's Tom and who's Jerry? Taiwan's insurers get creative (again) in their quest for products that solve the sector’s continuing FX and interest rate mismatch.

October 20, 2019

Dubai impact not feeding through to Asia

Asia appears relatively immune from DubaiÆs debt problems, while Dubai World says less than half the amount of debt initially believed to be affected is included under the standstill agreement.

December 02, 2009

Barclays shareholders take the bait

Barclays shareholders lap up $754 million worth of reserve capital instruments, but the outcome of a forthcoming vote on the investment by Abu Dhabi- and Qatar-based investors is still unclear.

November 19, 2008

Barclays pays dearly for independence

Middle East investors provide the UK bank with more cash, but the high cost of the $11.4 billion capital injection raises questions about whether government funding would have been preferable.

November 02, 2008

Coutts goes to Qatar

The private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland gets a license to operate in the Qatar Financial Centre.

June 19, 2008

Swiss bank obtains Qatar licence

Switzerland's Bank Sarasin receives a banking licence for a subsidiary in the Qatar Financial Centre.

February 25, 2008