Editors Notes
Last Updated :
07 July 2010
About QFINANCE
QFINANCE is the brand name of Qatar Finance - The Ultimate Resource. It is a dynamic and comprehensive financial knowledge base and reference source containing contributions from some 300 of the world's leading financial practitioners, visionaries, writers and educators. Created by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority, QFINANCE online will provide finance professionals, academics, students, journalists and writers worldwide with free access to the huge breadth and depth of its content, together with compelling additional daily content updates and functionality. QFINANCE will also be available as a reference book, which will be updated annually, and sold through leading bookshops internationally.
The partnership to create QFINANCE was announced by the QFC Authority and Bloomsbury Publishing in September 2007. The project has been overseen by a Strategic Advisory Panel of leading practitioners and thinkers in the world of finance.
www.qfinance.com
About the QFC Authority
The QFC Authority is the commercial, administrative and legislative body of the QFC which is responsible for driving its commercial strategy, developing its commercial laws and forging relationships with the global corporate community and other key institutions both within and outside of Qatar. The QFC is a financial and business centre established by the Government of Qatar and located in Doha. It has been designed to attract international financial services institutions and major multi-national corporations and to encourage participation in the growing market for financial services in Qatar and elsewhere in the region. The QFC operates to international standards and provides a first class legal and business infrastructure for those operating within the QFC. The QFC was created by Qatar Law No.(7) and has been open for business since 1 May 2005.
About Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing is one of the world’s leading independent, publicly quoted publishing houses with a reputation for a high quality management team and a highly valuable portfolio of intellectual properties including the Encarta World English Dictionary, JK Rowling’s Harry Potter, Margaret Atwood, John Irving, David Guterson and Ben Schott. Other databases include Who’s Who, Whitaker’s Almanack, Reed’s Nautical Almanac, Black’s Medical Dictionary, the Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners of English, Business: The Ultimate Resource and the RSPB Guide to Birds. (www.bloomsbury.com and www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk)