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.
Saudi Arabia
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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
<strong>Saudi Arabia</strong><br />
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
<strong>Capital Markets | Equity Offering</strong><br />
A potential partial privatization of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Saudi Aramco, would require the company to remove its veil of secrecy.
Banking
Cutting The Cord In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is the Gulf Cooperation Council’s largest economy, but major economic, political and social challenges threaten the kingdom’s immediate economic future. Reducing its dependence on oil and gas is now a case of when, not if.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
New & Planned Arabian Cities Attract Foreign Investment
Arabia is meeting with some success in its efforts to entice foreign investors to six new economic cities in the kingdom.
Country Report
Saudi Arabia Breaking Away
Saudi Arabia needs a strategy to diversify its oil-based economy. Can change come fast enough?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Saudi Arabia Privatizations Could Help Plug Budget Gap
With the country’s oil revenue set to slide by about 30% this year, privatization is a largely untapped resource.