Analysis

LOW OIL PRICES

Saudi Arabia’s Golden Opportunity to Reform Energy Subsidies

• Lucien Zeigler
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• 2. 5. 2015

With low oil prices, Saudi Arabia and other energy producers that subsidize domestic prices have a golden opportunity to reform those schemes. Will they?

• Daesh

  

  With Regional Challenges Mounting, Prominent Saudi Journalist Calls for ‘Saudi-American-Turkish Cooperation’ for Stability in the Middle East

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 4. 2015

  Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and general manager of the Al Arab News Channel has called for broad cooperation and coordination between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States.

• Ashmore Investment

  

  Ashmore: New Saudi State Spending Announced Under King Salman Estimated at $32.3b

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 3. 2015

  In a recently released note from Ashmore Group, the investment firm estimated new spending announced by King Salman at $32.3 billion, with 80% of that as current spending and $5.3 billion in capital expenditure over several years.

• Alarab News Channel

  

  Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s Alarab Newschannel Launches, Then Goes Dark After Controversial Interview

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 2. 2015

  Saudi Prince Alwaleed's long anticipated news channel Alarab launched on Sunday, but promptly went dark on Monday after airing an interview with a Bahraini opposition leader, according to reports.

• Saudi Government

  

  King Salman Restructures Government with Major Changes to Ministers and Other Government Bodies

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 30. 2015

  Yesterday, Saudi Arabia's new King Salman issued a series of royal decrees that restructures the government ministers, "eliminating numerous government bodies, establishing new government bodies and merging the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Education and much more."

• Jadwa Investment

  

  Jadwa’s Quarterly Oil Market Update for Q4 2014 Finds ‘Clear’ Strategy to Maintain Market Share

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 28. 2015

  In a recently released note by Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment, the bank finds a "clear" Saudi strategy to maintain market share with pressures on prices expected in Q1 2015.

• Doing Business in Saudi Arabia

  

  Royal Succession Planning at Saudi Inc.

  Matthew Spivack  |  1. 26. 2015

  Following the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, it is important for companies to be prepared to answer questions from the corporate office regarding how royal succession impacts Saudi Arabia’s trajectory, writes guest contributor Matthew Spivack of Frontier Strategy Group.

• Death of King Abdullah

  

  An Outpouring of Grief from Saudis on Social Media as Heads of State Arrive for Funeral of the Late King Abdullah

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 23. 2015

  Saudi Arabia's citizens took to social media to express their grief and sadness at the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud as heads of state arrived in Riyadh to attend services and express solidarity with the leaders and people of the Kingdom.

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  Google’s Eric Schmidt Headlines Impressive Speaker List for the Upcoming Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) on January 25th in Riyadh

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 20. 2015

• Inflation in Saudi Arabia

  

  Jadwa Investment: Central Department of Statistics Finds 2014 inflation rate was 2.7%, Down from 3.5% in 2013

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 19. 2015

  According to a recently released note by Jadwa Investment, a leading Saudi investment firm, inflation in the Kingdom was down in 2014 to 2.7% on average, and found a deceleration in prices to 2.4% year-on-year.