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Qatar roundtable - an opportunity to invest?
18 August 2011
A Global Investor/isf expert panel discusses a maturing Middle East that has more to offer than previously recognised
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roundtable
Roundtable participants
Simon Murray, chairman
Jon Bailie, global head of distribution, AXA Investment Managers
Nick Tolchard, md international development & head of Invesco Middle East, Invesco Asset Management
John Krieg, managing director EMEA, Northern Trust Global Investments
Thomas Connolly, managing director, head of asset management, Middle East & Africa, BNY Mellon
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Chair: Is GCC asset management still chiefly about sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) or is the opportunity greater? What would make you engage with retail there?
Jon Bailie, AXA Investment Managers: On an asset weighted basis, it is chiefly about SWFs, but there are opportunities elsewhere, including insurance companies and some corporate balance sheets. A number of retirement funds are in various stages of development. The family offices are quasi-institutional in nature; some are very large and sophisticated, and there are opportunities to manage the wealth of people who don’t have their own family office. Then there are the wealthy expatriates who...
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