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Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund Targets Health and Tech Deals: FT

A researcher from Sidra Medicine demonstrates an alternative testing process for Covid-19 in Doha, Qatar on April 23.

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Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund plans to be “very active” through the pandemic and will target health and tech deals, the Financial Times reports, citing an interview with the country’s finance minister.

Ali Sharif al-Emadi, who is also on the wealth fund’s board, told the newspaper that the fund is looking for businesses that will prove resilient over the long term.