Qatar may open the country’s Doha Exchange to bond trading after NYSE Euronext, the world’s largest owner of bourses, bought a 20 percent stake, said Ahmed Al-Sayed, chief executive officer of Qatar Holding LLC.
“The board will be very open to studying other instruments in the future,” he said. “Bonds will also be on our table. This is one thing we will start studying immediately.”
Qatar Holding, an arm of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, is the majority shareholder in the exchange, which currently trades only stocks.
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