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Bloomberg Announces Global Asset Management Summit in Qatar

The Bloomberg Doha Conference will bring together global financial influencers, including asset managers, bankers, government officials and economists from Europe, Asia, the U.S. and the Middle East to examine portfolio strategies for 2012. Among other topics, speakers will discuss operating strategies for global asset management firms; investment opportunities in the MENA region; readiness for black swan events; and global market trends.

"We selected Doha as the home for this event, due to its strategic importance to the financial community and the Qatar Financial Centre's unique ability to convene Qatar's most influential financial players," said Robert Bierman, head of Bloomberg LINK. "We believe that the global presence of Bloomberg coupled with the growing stature of Qatar in the Middle East is a powerful combination and represents an important in-country collaboration for Bloomberg LINK."

Yousuf Al Jaida, Director of Asset Management at QFC Authority, commented: "We are pleased to welcome Bloomberg and its international community of asset management professionals to Doha. The presence in Doha of so many distinguished experts at this prestigious conference, which is the first of a new series of conferences on Asset Management to be held in Qatar, is testimony to Qatar's development as an asset management hub in the region. We believe that in addition to enjoying two compelling days of discussions, participants will discover the best of Doha's business and cultural features."

For updates on the program and speakers, please visit: http://www.bloomberglink.com/doha.

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For more information on Bloomberg, please visit http://www.bloomberg.com and for further information about the QFC Authority http://www.qfc.com.qa.

About Bloomberg LINK

Bringing the power of Bloomberg to the executive conference business, Bloomberg LINK produces invitation-only, in-person gatherings that combine world-class editorial programming with peer-to-peer networking amongst the who's who in influential communities. In this environment, participants engage in open discussions that lead to learning from each other's expertise and experience. For more information, please visit www.bloomberglink.com.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, BNA and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 13,000 people in 185 locations around the world.

About QFC

The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is a financial and business centre established by the Government of Qatar and located in Doha. It has been designed to attract international financial services institutions and major multi-national corporations in particular those operating in the reinsurance, captive insurance and asset management sectors and to encourage participation in the growing market for financial services in Qatar and elsewhere in the region. The QFC operates to international standards and provides a first class legal and business infrastructure for those operating within the QFC. The QFC was created by Qatar Law No. (7) and has been open for business since 1 May 2005.

QFC Authority

The QFC Authority is the commercial, administrative and legislative body responsible for leading the expansion of Qatar's financial services sector, providing a uniquely sustainable platform for regional growth in reinsurance, captive insurance and asset management.

For more information on the QFC Authority please visit www.qfc.com.qa

Bloomberg
Angela Martin, +1 212-617-1211
angelamartin@bloomberg.net
or
Qatar Financial Centre Authority
Stephen Carriere, +974-4496-7784
S.Carriere@qfc.com.qa