The Qatar Investment Authority is heavily invested in Barclays. The QIA is largest shareholder in Barclays. In 2009, Qatar Holding — a subsidiary of the QIA — sold 35 million shares of the British bank, reducing its share to around 5.8 percent from a little over 6 percent.
Recently, Qatar signed a joint-venture with Barclays to investment $250 million into the bank’s natural resource fund. The partnership is very much still alive………………………………………..Full Article: Source