Middle East should be part of Asia, not Emea: Qatar officials

Asset management firms tend to categorise the Middle East as part of their Europe and Africa businesses, but the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) argues that this is the wrong approach. This may be a “fundamental change” that's required within large organisations – to think of the Middle East and Africa as part of Asia rather than part of Emea, says Shashank Srivastava, acting chief executive of QFCA, the development arm of Qatar’s financial sector. The authority wants to s…