Regulations, restrictions and competition Banks explore new ways to profitability. As the IMF hold their annual meeting in Washington, Qatari Banks are looking at the fiscal issues in Europe and the US and breathing a collective sigh of relief that they’re not suffering from contagion or indeed from their own sloppiness in the markets. After a few months of shock and distress towards the end of the last decade, they’re now ope rating with a harmonic mix of confidence and caution.
