Doha Bank CEO Says in Talks With Foreign Lenders to Raise Debt

  • Lender considering private placement or public debt sale
  • Seetharaman says looking at options in Europe and Asia

Qatar National Bank SAQ (QNB) in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 22, 2012.

Photographer: Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg
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Doha Bank QSC is talking to foreign lenders about the possibility of raising long-term funding either through a private placement or public debt sale, according to Chief Executive Officer Raghavan Seetharaman.

The bank plans to raise debt after completing a 1.3 billion riyal ($352.9 million) rights offer earlier this year, Seetharaman said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Monday, without disclosing how much more it could raise.