Qatar’s international profile has been significantly elevated as a result of winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup. From an investment perspective the World Cup is largely an irrelevance except that the deadline provides an incentive for the country to complete its infrastructure build-out and press on with plans to further reduce the country’s dependence on gassy hydrocarbon revenues. QIF offers investors focused exposure to the non-hydrocarbon economy (shortmedium term GD

14 May 2015
It’s not about the World Cup

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It’s not about the World Cup
- Published:
14 May 2015 -
Author:
Charles Murphy -
Pages:
9 -
Qatar’s international profile has been significantly elevated as a result of winning the right to host the 2022 World Cup. From an investment perspective the World Cup is largely an irrelevance except that the deadline provides an incentive for the country to complete its infrastructure build-out and press on with plans to further reduce the country’s dependence on gassy hydrocarbon revenues. QIF offers investors focused exposure to the non-hydrocarbon economy (shortmedium term GD