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In light of an improved economic outlook and rising salaries, companies in the region are looking anew at the benefits of launching retirement schemes.

They see Doha as a safe haven and favour emerging markets for offshore investment. They are also active in managing their wealth and prefer Africa and Europe over the US.

PE executives discussed issues facing the industry globally and in the Middle East at a conference in Qatar last week.

Asset managers in the Middle East and North Africa are mulling expanding both regionally and further afield, according to a recent survey.

Asiya Investments says it is looking to meet growing demand among Arab investors for direct access to emerging Asia growth.

A quarter of Hong Kong's ultra-high-net-worth population is over 70, pointing to a major transfer of wealth in the next 15-20 years, according to Wealth-X's profile of the city's super-rich.

Some of the biggest state funds in the Middle East are planning South Korean equity allocations, while institutions in North Asia are making similar moves.

Asia-based investment industry CEOs are exploring how to tap institutional capital and rich individuals in the Middle East.

Rich Middle Easterners are increasingly turning to the Lion City as a place to keep and invest their money.

Global fund houses should help to strengthen Asia-Middle East links by taking the ‘mea’ out of Emea, say senior executives from the Qatar Financial Centre Authority.

The UK asset manager launched a Europe, Middle East and Africa fund in November last year, but is still steering clear of Gulf economies, says investment director Fedra Dell’Aquila.

Arindam Das, the new head of HSBC Securities Services for the Middle East and Africa, also plans to expand the firm's agency clearing product in the Gulf region.