The Qatar Investment Authority the world��s 9th -largest sovereign wealth fund, owns stakes in firms ranging from Glencore to Barclays. The fund sold its stake in Veolia Environnement in March for about $622m, months after it reduced holdings in Tiffany & Co and Credit Suisse.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund recentley repatriated about $20bn to help support the country’s banks and ease the effect of the Saudi Arabian-led boycott
The cash injection came as almost $30bn of non-resident deposits left Qatari banks, the document shows.
Qatari banks, already stretched by financing demands of the $200bn 2022 World Cup, took a blow from its neighbours’ abrupt decision to cut ties in June 2017.