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The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) is an onshore business and financial centre located in Doha, established by Law No. 7 of 2005 of the State of Qatar. A world-class platform for companies, QFC offers its own legal, regulatory, tax and business environment, contributing to the decisive economic development and diversification prescribed by Qatar National Vision 2030.
Supported by QFC’s broad range of legal and regulatory services, regulated and non-regulated, that align with international best practice, domestic and international companies can set up or expand their business in Qatar.
QFC allows up to 100% foreign ownership, 100% repatriation of profits, and charges a competitive rate of 10% corporate tax on locally-sourced profits, all while integrating businesses into Qatar’s swift expansion into a major trade and investment centre.
QFC is governed by the following four independent bodies. Its business-friendly ecosystem operates in line with international best practice to ensure clients receive optimal operational, regulatory, and judicial support.

CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and credentials. The organization is a champion of ethical behavior in investment markets and a respected source of knowledge in the global financial community. Our aim is to create an environment where investors’ interests come first, markets function at their best, and economics grow. Our network of more than 160 societies helps carry out our global mission in local markets. www.cfasociety.org

CAIA Association is a global network of forward-thinking investment professionals, redefining the future of capital allocation in a world where traditional and alternative converge. United by a commitment to improving investment outcomes, we lead with authority, educate to inspire, and connect people who turn insight into action. To learn more about the CAIA Association and how to become part of the most energized professional network shaping the future of investing, please visit us at https://caia.org/.

Based in London, World Gold Council is a team of gold experts that champions the role gold plays as a strategic asset through research, analysis, commentary and insights.

We report to, and are owned by, a forward-thinking group of listed gold miners, and drive industry progress, shape policy and set the principles for a perpetual and sustainable gold market.

FC Capital, based in Sydney, is Australia’s predominant corporate and specialty finance alternative asset manager, specialising in private debt. Since 2012, the firm has provided tailored capital solutions to institutional investors across Australia and New Zealand. FC Capital focuses on mid-market companies, offering senior secured structured credit instruments. With a strong track record and deep market expertise, the firm delivers premium, high-yielding investments, seeing over AUD 3 billion in opportunities annually and yielding 13% to 15% p.a.

Gemcorp Capital was established in 2014 and is an Alternatives Investment Manager with ca. $1B AuM, with headquarters in London, UK. The firm’s regional focus has been on Emerging Markets, including the Middle East, having set up a key regional office in Sub-Saharan Africa (Angola). Additional satellite offices include Geneva, UAE, New York, Singapore, Kenya and South Africa. Gemcorp specializes in the origination, structuring and deployment of Private Credit investment opportunities.

Principal Financial Group, offers asset management, retirement services, and insurance solutions to institutional clients, businesses, and individuals worldwide. Meeting the needs of our more than 62 million customers who rely on our expertise in retirement, insurance, and asset management. Attracting, developing, and retaining a global workforce of nearly 20,000 employees located in offices across 27 nations and territories. Giving back to the communities where our employees live and work, supporting programs that help people learn more, earn more, and save more. Founded in 1879 and a member of the Fortune 500®, we deliver value for our shareholders, who have placed their trust in us.

SovFi is a provider of quantitatively engineered structured instruments and financial liquidity solutions for Sovereign, Supranational, and Agency (SSA) issuers and national capital markets.

SovFi leverages traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) in its innovative solutions.

The solutions offered by SovFi span an innovative asset and exchange scoring methodology and data platform; a real-time data aggregation layer that consolidates on-chain and off-chain market signals into a single institutional-grade framework; hybridized structured instruments that capture multiple asset classes including debt, equity, and commodities; and capital markets instruments that serve as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Bridges which facilitate investment in sovereign states using established capital markets

Established in 2019 with offices in Tokyo and Singapore, Patience Capital Group (PCG) is an investment manager specialising in Real Estate and Private Equity transactions in Japan. The firm offers extensive expertise in investment, project development, and asset management, alongside value creation across multiple sectors including hospitality, residential, and retail. Leveraging its vast networks and best-in-class deal sourcing and execution capabilities, PCG pursues strong risk-adjusted returns over the long term. The firm was founded by Ken Chan, 19-year GIC veteran and former Country Head of Japan, who oversaw the sovereign wealth fund’s real estate portfolio in the country.

Founded in Japan in 1876, Nikkei is one of the world’s largest independent media groups, with 2.3 million paid subscribers. Since acquiring the Financial Times in 2015, Nikkei has expanded its global presence.

We provide institutional investors with high-quality Japanese equity market data, including alternative datasets such as POS and news analytics, and index constituent data for major benchmarks like the Nikkei 225, supporting informed investment decisions and portfolio construction.

Preqin empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to private markets with essential data and insight to make confident decisions. It supports them throughout the entire investment lifecycle with critical information and leading analytics solutions. Preqin has pioneered rigorous methods of collecting private data for over 20 years, enabling more than 200,000 professionals globally to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed. Acquired by BlackRock in 2025, Preqin complements the existing Aladdin technology platform to provide investment solutions for the whole portfolio. For more information visit www.preqin.com.

RBC GAM’s BlueBay fixed income platform seeks to embody the best aspects of alternative credit investing by providing clients access to emerging trends and dislocation within global markets through vehicles optimized to manage risks and execution. By leveraging a single investment platform, we can utilize the substantial resources across our entire business with more than 130 investment professionals to create differentiated portfolios. Through this approach, we seek to meet our clients’ risk/return objectives while providing additional diversification across their overall portfolio. Today, we are a leading global alternative credit specialist manager with a comprehensive offering across the sub-asset classes and we continue to evolve and innovate in an ever-changing market.

Select Equity was founded in 1990 and manages roughly $35 billion across a small number of equity strategies that share a common investment philosophy and a centralized research process. We offer US, non-US, long-only, and long/short equity strategies. Our 75-person research team identifies what we believe to be the highest-quality businesses that the public markets have to offer. We consider our research process to be fiercely independent – we make no use of Wall Street company research and don’t share our ideas with other managers.

StoneX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SNEX) is a Fortune 50 financial services company that provides global market access, advanced digital platforms, end-to-end clearing and execution services, and market intelligence to our clients worldwide.