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Banking

Samba Financial Group: Practical and Proud

Rania Nashar, CEO of Samba Financial Group, is the first female CEO of a listed commercial bank in Saudi Arabia. She talks about modernization in the kingdom and at the bank, as well as Samba’s role in supporting the reinvention of the national economy.

Country Report

Saudi Arabia’s Half-Court Press

The Saudi kingdom seems to be on a path of radical change, broadening options for women and opening to new sectors, but a ruling-family schism could derail the effort.

News

Saudi Arabia Eyes 35,000 Jobs In Red Sea Tourism Push

The newly anointed heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is planning a mega tourism project that could possibly contribute 15 billion riyal ($4 billion) to the kingdom’s GDP and create up to 35,000 jobs.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Riyadh Forms Parallel Equity Market

Nomu, a new Saudi equity market, will have lighter listing requirements than Tadawul, deepening the Saudi capital market with an alternative platform.

News

Three Women Rise To The Top Of Saudi Finance

Three women advancing to the top levels of the Saudi Arabian finance sector show the kingdom making progress in improving work opportunities for women.

Country Report

Oil State Fund Invests In Technology

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is expected to exceed $2 trillionin 2018, is slated to play a major role in diversifying the Saudi economy, with big investments in a technology, healthcare and other sectors.

Country Report

Saudi Arabia: Economic Transformation Takes Shape

With the worst of its financial pressures behind it, Saudi Arabia is forging ahead with its ambitious Vision 2030 development plan to diversify away from oil dependency and stimulate demand.

News

Saudi Prince, “Minister of Everything,” Wields Power Behind Throne

Saudi Arabia Known as the Minister of Everything, deputy crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, the favored 30-year-old son of the geriatric king of Saudi Arabia, is a man on a mission.

Award Winners

Winner Profiles | The Best In Islamic Finance | 2016

Global Finance magazine profiles the best Islamic Financial Institutions of 2016

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Kingdom’s Economy Sputters, Austerity Plan Unveiled

Low oil prices are taking a heavy toll on Saudi Arabia’s economy, which is facing even greater austerity under deputy crown prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud’s plans to raise $100 billion a year from subsidy cuts and new levies.

Features

Saudi Arabia Dominates Project Finance

Project financing is booming in Saudi Arabia, which leads the Middle East in deals, with a total of eight in 2015, worth more than $13 billion.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Aramco IPO May Be For Saudi Nationals Only

Capital Markets | Equity Offering A potential partial privatization of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Saudi Aramco, would require the company to remove its veil of secrecy.