qatar banker eurozone crisis \a once in a lifetime opportunity\
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Qatar banker: Eurozone crisis 'a once in a lifetime opportunity'

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Qatar banker: Eurozone crisis 'a once in a lifetime opportunity'

Doha - Arabstoday

The crisis in the eurozone is “a once in a lifetime opportunity” for Gulf investors to snap up trophy assets for knockdown prices, a leading Qatari banker told Arabian Business. As the euro continued to dip and European stocks fell on Tuesday as a result of concerns of a slowdown in China’s economy, a leading Qatari bank official said the challenging economic situation in Europe offered great opportunities for his customers. “I think [the eurozone crisis] is a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy high quality assets at reasonable prices,” George Nasra, managing director of International Bank Qatar (IBQ), told Arabian Business in an interview in Doha. “In view of the significant excess capital in Qatar, we expect some of this will go overseas and that is what has been happening… It is a logical step in diversifying their resources and revenue for the future. I think they are buying at the right time and price,” added Nasra, who was ranked number 32 in the Arabian Business Qatar Power List 2012. Qatar was recently named the world’s richest country per capita and is eager to diversity its massive oil and gas reserves into lucrative markets such as Europe. Some of the diverse portfolio of trophy assets it has snapped up include France’s Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, Harrods’s department store in London and stakes in German carmaker Porsche, Swiss lender Credit Suisse and real estate in Cyprus. One of the hardest hit eurozone countries was Greece, but Nasra said his clients have veered away from investments in the Mediterranean nation: “They looked at Greece and were in negotiations but nothing important materialised. Favourites continue to be the UK, France and Switzerland.” His sentiments echo those late last year by French investment bank Societe Generale, which said there were a lot of opportunities for Gulf investors to benefit from the ongoing crisis in Europe. “For those who are liquid, there are opportunities… One way to benefit from Europe is that valuations of a lot of corporations are very low. Whether they are much too low compared to their net worth? We believe so and, as such, there are some opportunities,” Daniel Truchi, global CEO of Societe Generale Private Banking said while on a visit to Dubai to meet regional clients in October.

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

qatar banker eurozone crisis \a once in a lifetime opportunity\ qatar banker eurozone crisis \a once in a lifetime opportunity\

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

qatar banker eurozone crisis \a once in a lifetime opportunity\ qatar banker eurozone crisis \a once in a lifetime opportunity\

 



GMT 12:48 2016 Sunday ,27 November

Cilic, Dodig push Croatia to brink of Davis Cup

GMT 05:24 2017 Thursday ,28 December

Erdogan says 'terrorist' Assad cannot be part of Syria

GMT 12:59 2016 Saturday ,05 November

WB welcomes economic reforms in Egypt

GMT 18:40 2016 Saturday ,05 November

Egyptian GDRs in London down

GMT 10:57 2017 Wednesday ,06 December

Peru striker Guerrero has doping ban extended

GMT 17:51 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

Trump Signs New Travel Ban on Six Muslim Countries

GMT 10:30 2017 Wednesday ,06 September

Saudi Information Ministry praises media role during Hajj

GMT 15:29 2017 Tuesday ,24 January

Mind games really do help your brain

GMT 06:55 2015 Thursday ,01 October

Boston Red Sox beat Yankees

GMT 08:17 2017 Monday ,28 August

Bahrain celebrates World Humanitarian Day 2017

GMT 02:07 2017 Tuesday ,28 February

Opposition seeks Russian support at Syria talks
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday