Akber Khan

Akber helped set up asset management at Al Rayan Investment (ARI) in 2009 and heads up the group. Having set itself a universe of Sharia-compliant GCC equities and global sukuk, ARI opened its doors to investors in May 2010 with the launch of Al Rayan GCC Fund. The fund was the first in Qatar to offer exposure to the GCC and is the largest Sharia-compliant GCC fund in the world. ARI also manages the Al Rayan Qatar ETF (QATR), the world's largest Sharia-compliant equity ETF. Since 2010, ARI's assets under management have growth to more than $900m of which the majority are segregated mandates from institutional clients. Akber personally manages some portfolios and oversees the others. ARI's application of rigorous bottom-up research to identify medium term valuation dislocations has led to strong and consistent investment performance over the years. An innovative approach of seeking to arbitrage opportunities across both equities and fixed income has paid rich dividend. Akber is widely quoted in regional and international financial publicatons.