Watch this space: QIA offers tantalizing glimpse

A more transparent investment strategy could benefit Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

There is a tantalizing new link on the Qatar Investment Authority’s web site. At the bottom left of the home page, beneath a picture of a dhow in front of Doha’s soaring skyline, it says: “QIA Review. Coming Soon.”

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When you click on it, nothing happens, but whispers are growing among the region’s asset management community that the QIA is about to do the unthinkable and actually disclose something. There has been chat about this for at least six months, with rumours of an annual review much like Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s (the latest, its sixth, came out in June), and the unclickable web link suggests that something is afoot.

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