| Qatar Investment Authority, the Gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund, is setting up an office in New York as it scouts for deals in the U.S., according to the country’s state news agency. The Doha-based fund, which controls more than $100 billion in investments, will open an office in New York to manage its growing investment portfolio in the country, Mohammed bin Jaham Al Kuwari, the agency cited Qatar’s ambassador to the U.S. as saying, at a banquet where he addressed representatives of 15 American companies operating in the Gulf Arab country.
Qatar, one of the world’s richest countries, will continue spending on projects such as health, infrastructure, railways and the 2022 Football World Cup, which it is hosting, the ambassador said...............................................Full Article: Source
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