Qatar launches wealth fund division for domestic investments

NEW YORK: Qatar’s prime minister announced on Sunday the creation of a new division of the Qatar Investment Authority dedicated to developing domestic investments, marking a new direction for a sovereign wealth fund long focused on building wealth overseas. “We ⁠aim to expand the role of the private sector in driving Qatar’s economic growth,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said as he announced the new division, Doha Investment, at a special edition of the Qatar Economic Forum in New