Analysis

• OIL

  In Major Shift, Saudi Aramco Dabbles in Oil Trading

  Lucien Zeigler  |  6. 11. 2012

  Saudi Arabia has long been a dominant force in global oil markets, “but has never been an oil trader.” That changed on January 1st, 2012, when Saudi Aramco began operations at Aramco Trading, a wholly owned company subsidiary.

• BUSINESS

  Riyadh among lowest risk cities in Mideast

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 11. 2012

  Riyadh is among the lowest risk cities in the region, with a rating that puts it ahead of international business hubs such as Milan, Lisbon, Istanbul and Moscow, according to the findings from the 2012 People Risk Index

• TRADE

  Jadwa Chartbook June 2012: Trade

  Lucien Zeigler  |  6. 7. 2012

  Below is a snapshot of Jadwa’s analysis of Saudi imports and exports and letters of credit.

• SECURITY

  The Middle East fights the Flame, but virus spreads anyway

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 7. 2012

  Two years ago there was Stuxnet, a virus that targeted Iranian uranium-enrichment infrastructure. Now Flame, a mutating piece of malware, is continuing to spread, infecting more than 1,000 Windows-powered computers across the Middle East.

• EDUCATION

  Wider world opened to Saudis studying abroad

  Lucien Zeigler  |  6. 6. 2012

  Wearing the black face-covering veil favoured by Saudi women, Maha Mazyad looked through leaflets for prospective jobs with some of the Islamic kingdom’s largest companies at a recent career fair in Riyadh.

• BANKING

  Jadwa Chartbook June 2012: Banking

  Lucien Zeigler  |  6. 6. 2012

  Riyadh-based Jadwa Investments recently released its June, 2012 Saudi chartbook which includes updates on the Saudi economy, trade, oil metrics as well as assessments of various sectors including banking.

• Development

  

  Saudi Construction Sector: A Sleeping Giant Awakes

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 5. 2012

  In 2010, the Government approved a five-year SAR 1.44 trillion (USD384 bn) development plan to develop human resources, education, housing and transportation infrastructure as the kingdom seeks faster economic growth, continued diversification of its economy away from hydrocarbons, and to create jobs

• FINANCE

  Saudi, Kuwait, UAE lead Q1 GCC corporate earnings growth

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 4. 2012

  Earnings of Saudi Arabian companies totalled $6.7 billion, an increase of 15 per cent YoY and 28 per cent QoQ.

• REAL ESTATE

  Key to the kingdom

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 3. 2012

  2012 is likely to be the tipping point for the Gulf’s most ambitious real estate project. If the good results continue, and companies carry on signing up to take advantage of the transport infrastructure coming online in 2013, then KAEC looks set to snowball.