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Qatar Investment Authority buys stake in Empire State Realty Trust
September 1, 2016
The Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, made a sizable investment last month in a real estate investment trust with assets that include the Empire State Building in New York. The move has generated some rather mild national press, but it is attracting scrutiny from some who have questions about this kind of foreign investment in U.S. infrastructure.
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IFSWF works toward goals of 2014 Doha Agreement
July 31, 2016
The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) is a voluntary gathering of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) to exchange views on common interest issues and facilitate the understanding of the Santiago Principles and SWF activities.
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Auditing sovereign wealth funds: Qatar Investment Authority at the back of the class
June 6, 2016
In the past few months, Qatar Investment Authority officials announced fund managers are making moves toward investing $35 billion in U.S. interests while opening an office in New York. The fund has hired top finance professionals. But none of that has, as yet, been enough to move the QIA from the bottom of the barrel in the eyes of organizations charged with monitoring sovereign wealth funds.
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Qatar Investment Authority taking steps to restructure assets
May 30, 2016
In an attempt to manage a significant amount of capital, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is apparently shuffling up to $100 billion into new investment efforts in what Arabian Business magazine is calling a “major overhaul.” A magazine story in mid-May said the Qatari sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is creating a new internal division to be headed by Ahmed Al Rumaihi.
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Qatar Investment Authority’s lack of transparency goes against standards for sovereign wealth funds
April 22, 2016
Questions about how sovereign wealth funds work practically and what happens when they are not handled in a transparent way loom large especially when it comes to the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).
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How will the Qatar Investment Authority economic strategy affect the Western world?
April 11, 2016
As reported in Bloomberg news and other venues, Qatar’s government is looking to get involved in the U.S. in a big way. The country's sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, has opened a New York office and is aggressively looking to acquire U.S. assets with $35 billion. At the same time, Qatar and its related investors are also spending money elsewhere around the world.
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Qatar’s history of human rights abuses overshadows plans for $35 billion in U.S. investments
April 7, 2016
The Qatar Investment Authority's (QIA) plan to channel an estimated $35 billion into U.S. investments, along with opening an office in New York City, is raising questions about how this move might influence American foreign policy -- particularly given Qatar's poor track record with human rights.
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Secrecy of Qatar Investment Authority obscures reported loss of $12 billion in third quarter of 2015
March 21, 2016
The Financial Times reported a few months ago that the Qatar sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), had suffered a $12 billion paper loss in the third quarter of 2015.
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Qatar Investment Authority to be stakeholder in $8.6 billion Manhattan West project
December 26, 2015
A joint venture was formed between Brookfield Property Partners and Qatar Investment Authority for a development project in New York City. The estimated value of the completed project is $8.6 billion, with Brookfield selling a 44 percent interest in the development to QIA. The Manhattan West project is expected to be a five-building, 7 million-square-foot development project.
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