Qatar to host international credit rating agencies conference in Jan – The Peninsula

Qatar to host international credit rating agencies conference in Jan – The Peninsula

Doha: The State of Qatar will host the international credit rating agencies conference on January 23, in a strategic partnership between the Qatar Association of Certified Public Accountants (QCPA) and the Global Compliance Institute (GCI).

The conference will be held for the first time in the State of Qatar and will witness the participation of international credit rating agencies: Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings, Fitch Ratings, and Capital Intelligence, as well as a number of international stock exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange.

This conference attracts elite experts and specialists in the economic and financial sector to highlight the latest trends in investment and credit ratings.

In a statement on this occasion, QCPA Chairman Dr. Hashim Al Sayed said that the international conference of credit rating agencies is gaining importance in light of the financial, economic and geopolitical crises that the world is going through the supply chain crisis, the inflation crisis and the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.

In fact, countries seek to prove their credit and investment worthiness so that they can obtain financing from international bodies and institutions to prevent these crises and mitigate them with minimal losses and without disrupting the development process, as companies or countries with a