Capital Markets
From The Report: Qatar 2024
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Capital markets in Qatar have undergone significant development in recent years, with the relevant government agencies united in their drive to see the domestic market move up further in international economic rankings. While the performance of Qatar’s stock exchange has fluctuated, the country’s strong fiscal performance, and timely regulatory, banking capital-protection and systems updates – including the implementation of a series of initiatives that are designed to boost liquidity and investor confidence – see financial authorities confident that their overarching objective of shaping the country into an internationally competitive financial centre remains both realistic and achievable over the medium to long term.

This chapter contains an interview with Abdulaziz Nasser Al Emadi, Acting CEO of the Qatar Stock Exchange.

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Overview

Investment beat: Various initiatives are helping to advance the country’s status as a globally competitive financial centre
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Qatari capital markets have undergone significant development in recent years, with the relevant government agencies united in the drive to see the emerging market advance further up the global economic rankings. While the performance of the country’s stock exchange has fluctuated of late, the strong fiscal performance, and timely regulatory, banking-capital-protection and systems updates – including the implementation of a series of initiatives designed to boost liquidity and investor confidence…

Interview

Dedicated support: Abdulaziz Nasser Al Emadi, Acting CEO, Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), on enabling sustainable investment and new listings
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Interview:Abdulaziz Nasser Al Emadi How is Qatar enhancing the visibility of its capital markets on the international stage? ABDULAZIZ NASSER AL EMADI: The QSE has implemented a programme of roadshows whereby Qatari-listed companies travel to specific countries to introduce themselves to key institutions in order to enhance the visibility of both the companies and the QSE as an investment destination. Looking ahead, we plan to target additional countries, expand the scope of these roadshows,…

Analysis

On the up: The macroeconomic climate is set to boost public offerings
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As governments in the region continue to push for privatisation, the GCC is set to see continued strong performance in initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2024. The total number of IPOs in the region decreased marginally from 48 in 2022 to 46 in 2023 – still well above the 20 recorded in 2021. Proceeds from GCC issuers totalled $10.8bn in 2023, compared to almost $23bn the year before. The growing number of successful IPOs in the region has resulted in greater interest from investors. Following…