Monday, 3 October 2011

Qatar Holding to create standalone investment vehicle - FT.com

Qatar Holding, an arm of the gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund, is planning to create a standalone investment vehicle to buy stakes in, or take over, gold companies.

According to several people familiar with the fund’s plans, the owner of London retailer Harrods intends to invest about $10bn in metals and mining companies, of which more than $5bn will be in gold equities via a new vehicle referred to as “Qatar Gold”.

“They want a meaningfully producing multi-asset gold conglomerate,” said one person with knowledge of the fund’s plans. “They don’t want bullion – they want producing mines.”

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