Private banking
FirstRand has finally offloaded subsidiary Ansbacher Group to the approval of all involved. The sale to Qatar National Bank (QNB) of the group, which provides financial services to high-net-worth clients internationally, was completed in November, opening a door to the lucrative and expanding high-net-worth market in Qatar.
According to Datamonitor, affluent individuals make up 8.4% of the adult Qatari population, a far higher proportion than any other Gulf Cooperation Council state. Indeed, the national bank estimates GDP growth for 2004 to be 16%, which, with a population of less than 700,000, makes Qatar one of the world's wealthiest countries.
Its growing wealth is encouraging the Qatar authorities to look at initiatives to help...
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