Analysis

INVESTMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA

Amended Rules Increasing Foreign Investor Access to Saudi Stock Market Approved

• SUSTG Team
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• 8. 11. 2016

Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA) Board has approved changes to rules that regulate what type of foreign investor can enter into the Saudi stock market.

• Counterterrorism

  

  Saudi Arabia Confirms Cooperation with Germany to Investigate, Prevent Terrorist Attacks

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 8. 2016

  Saudi Arabia's has confirmed it was working with German investigators to track Islamist militants behind bomb and axe attacks in July. The news was originally reported by the German outlet Der Spiegel and confirmed in rare comments by a Saudi spokesman.

• Saudi Economy

  

  Jadwa Saudi Chartbook for August 2016: Signs of ‘Resilience’ in Saudi Economic Activity

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 3. 2016

  Jadwa Investment's Saudi Chartbook for the month of August found points of "resilience" in economic activity, according to chief economist and head of research Fahad Al-Turki.

• Yemen

  

  11 Saudi Citizens Including 7 Soldiers Die on Border with Yemen ahead of Next Round of Peace Talks

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 1. 2016

  Four people were killed and three wounded in Saudi Arabia when a shell fired from inside Yemen exploded in a town close to the border. The announcement followed news that seven Saudi soldiers and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen on Sunday.

• U.S.-Saudi Security

  

  Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Back in U.S. for Defense, Anti-ISIS Talks

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 21. 2016

  Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the United States for the second time in under two months. The visit is for a defense ministerial meeting of nations involved in the effort to counter ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

• 28 Pages

  

  ’28 Pages’ Released: Once-Classified Section of 9/11 Report Made Public; Saudi FM Al-Jubeir Says Matter Now ‘Finished’

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 18. 2016

  The report said the alleged links had not been independently verified. As the New York Times reports, subsequent investigations into the terror attacks "pursued the leads described in the document and found that many had no basis in fact."

• Counterterrorism

  

  Saudi King, Crown Prince and Deputy Crown Prince Express Condolences to France’s Hollande after Nice Terror Attacks

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 15. 2016

  Saudi Arabia's top leadership joined Muslim leaders in condemning the terrorist attack in Nice, France, that killed over 80 people.

• Mecca Crane Collapse

  

  Engineers and Two Government Employees to Face Charges in Mecca Crane Disaster – Report

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 12. 2016

  Saudi prosecutors will bring charges against engineers and two government employees as a result of the 2015 crane collapse in Mecca, which killed 107 people and infuriated top government leaders.

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  G.E., Aramco Ventures Pump $52m into Boston-Area 3D Printing Startup

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 6. 2016

• Saudi Economy

  

  Jadwa Investment: A Turn to Positive for Saudi Economic Data in July 2016 Economic Chartbook

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 1. 2016

  The change in government accounts at SAMA posted its second consecutive net monthly addition, rising by SR13.1 billion ($3.5b) in May.