Friday 4 March 2011

Qatar’s political motivations a challenge to fund | Investing | Financial Post

Qatar, once content to attach its name to trophy assets, may use its investments to garner political goodwill as foreign leaders fly in to woo the fund, arguably now the world’s most aggressive.

Consecutive visits by the prime ministers of Britain and Spain and president of Germany to Doha over the past week highlight the Qatar Investment Authority’s (QIA) growing global profile.

Flush with cash thanks to abundant natural gas resources, the QIA has cannily mixed smart investing with goodwill generation.

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