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BOUBYAN CAPITAL Wealth Manager of the Year

Boubyan Capital, which is the investment arm of Boubyan Bank, is a company that specialises in providing wealth management solutions to its clients, primarily in the form of investment funds. The company boasts a dedicated team of 40 professionals with expertise in asset management and brokerage. Boubyan Capital offers a range of solutions that cover diversified asset classes. These solutions include:

Boubyan KD Money Market Fund II: The fund is an Islamic investment fund that generates competitive shariah-compliant returns by investing in short and medium-term money market instruments, wakalah and mudaraba deposits, and high-quality government and corporate sukuk.

Boubyan USD Liquidity Fund: The fund aims to generate shariah-compliant returns with high liquidity by investing in short and medium-term money instruments such as bank deposits, sukuk, deposit certificates, and repurchase agreements.

Boubyan Multi Asset Holding Fund: The fund aims to

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Qatar Broker of the Year

Qatar National Bank Financial Services (QNBFS) had a successful year in 2022, continuing to grow and expand its offerings, while maintaining continuity for its customers during uncertain global economic conditions.

QNBFS has established itself as a top player in the Qatari brokerage industry by addressing the lack of Qatar-specific information and analysis among both local and international investors and offering investment opportunities for local individuals and corporations to diversify their portfolios outside of Qatar.

In 2022, QNBFS had a successful year, remaining a leading institutional Qatari brokerage with a market share of 60% of all domestic and foreign corporate volumes, and over 25% of total QSE market share. The company also achieved the top broker status in Listed Qatari Bonds and organised 150 quarterly earnings calls for major listed Qatari companies, which helped the QSE lead the region in the adoption rate of earnings calls and their transcripts. Additionally, QNBFS developed an initiative called Liquidity Provision (LP) to support locally listed companies and overall market liquidity. The company also expanded its Margin Trading offering and became a leader in the space, upgraded its online trading system for retail investors, gain shariah-compliant returns by investing in various Islamic funds, diversifying its holdings across different asset classes and sectors such as fixed income and global equity ETFs. and provided insightful and independent research as a core offering. The research team covers over 20 major companies listed on the QSE, in addition to market and sector reports and covering key stocks in GCC. QNBFS is the only broker that covers Qatari equities from Qatar.

Islamic Global Sukuk Fund: The fund aims to generate long-term positive returns with balanced risk by investing mainly in investment-grade sovereign, quasi-sovereign, and corporate sukuk denominated in USD, from local, GCC, and global markets.

Local and GCC Equity Fund: The fund is a regional equity fund that seeks to generate competitive returns with acceptable risk by investing strategically in bluechip companies listed on Boursa Kuwait and other GCC markets.

Boubyan Capital offers a wide range of investment options to its clients that cater to different investment needs and objectives, and it is committed to providing its clients with a diversified range of Shariah-compliant investment solutions.

QNBFS’s key differentiators include being an agencyonly broker that specialises in trading on behalf of clients. They are known for providing efficient execution for large blocks of stock or thinly traded securities through block trading. QNBFS also can trade multiple markets in multiple currencies. Research is at the core of their offering, providing insightful and independent analysis. They are in close proximity to the companies they cover and have long-established quality institutional relationships.

Qatar National Bank Financial Services (QNBFS) had a successful year in 2022, continuing to grow and expand its offerings, while maintaining continuity for its customers during uncertain global economic conditions.