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5 unusual facts about Qatar Investment Authority


Amanda Staveley

Also in 2008 Staveley fronted a bid by the Qatar Investment Authority to buy the Trillium facilities management business from the Land Securities property group, an offer reportedly totaling £1.1 billion.

Embassy of the United States, London

In November 2009, the U.S. government conditionally agreed to sell the Grosvenor Square Chancery Building to Qatari real-estate investment firm Qatari Diar, which in 2007 purchased the Chelsea Barracks.

Kuala Lumpur International Financial District

The announcement of KLIFD came weeks after 1MDB reportedly signed a multi-billion ringgit development joint venture deal with Qatar Investment Authority for the Sungai Besi old airport site, dubbed the City of Malaysia.

Mevlüt Erdinç

After the takeover of PSG in 2011 by the Qatar Investment Group and a number of high profile arrivals such as club-record signing of Javier Pastore for €42 million, Mevlüt's place in the team looked in danger.

Tutor-Saliba Corporation

On December 3, 2010, Tutor-Saliba Corporation entered into the film business when Disney closed the sale of Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, which is an investment group they became a part of along with Qatar Investment Authority, Colony Capital and The Weinstein Company.


Pelham Bell Pottinger

The company claims to have 150 clients in total, including Imperial Tobacco, Kurt Geiger, Mulberry, Premier Oil, Qatar Investment Authority, Richemont, TalkTalk, Temasek Holdings, Theo Fennell, TPG Capital, Waitrose and Williams Grand Prix Holding.

Transport in Qatar

In August 2008 Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment appointed Deutsche Bahn of Germany to plan a railway network in Qatar.


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