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  • Report: Saudi Aramco Mulls Stake in SABIC
     

    Saudi Aramco has invited banks to pitch for an advisory role on the potential acquisition of a strategic stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Riyadh-listed SABIC, the world’s number-four chemical firm, is 70 percent owned by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s top sovereign […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Set to Launch $32 Billion Plan to Jumpstart Housing Market
     

    Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund-backed mortgage company, the Saudi Real Estate Refinance Company (SRC), plans to roll out new funding soon to the Kingdom’s lenders to boost home ownership in Saudi Arabia, according to a report. Announced in October 2017, the creation of the SRC and the overall plan for $32 billion to boost home ownership […]

     
  • Reports: Crown Prince and Delegation to Meet with Tech, Defense, Banking Giants
     

    Two separate reports from Bloomberg confirm that Saudi officials are eying meetings with major banking houses and technology giants during the Crown Prince’s nearly three-week long visit to the United States. The delegation currently visiting the United States will seek to meet with executives from Amazon, Apple, Google, Pfizer and other companies as they hunt for […]

     
  • Oil Revenues Above Saudi Budget Breakeven Price Will Go to PIF Coffers, Al Tuwaijri Says
     

    Steadily climbing oil prices over the past year may help increase cash in Saudi Arabia’s massive Public Investment Fund (PIF), according to comments by Mohammed Al Tuwaijri, the kingdom’s minister of economy and planning. “Whenever oil is above our break-even point, this will all go to the PIF,” he said, as reported in the Financial Times, without […]

     
  • Saudi Central Bank will Test Ripple Payments Technology
     

    Ripple has struck a deal with Saudi Arabia’s central bank on a pilot program that will see banks in the country test the company’s technology, according to reports. “This ground-breaking pilot program is the first of its kind to be launched by a central bank. Participating banks from the KSA will use xCurrent to instantly settle […]

     
  • Russian, Chinese Interests ‘Eager’ to Invest in Saudi Aramco IPO as Cooperation Heats Up
     

    The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in Riyadh today there is “significant interest” to invest in the forthcoming Aramco IPO from Russia and from China, according to reports. Several banks and other groups in Russia are interested in investing in shares of Aramco, according to Bloomberg, which reported comments from Kirill Dmitriev, chief […]

     
  • Markets Rattled by Saudi Shake-Up, Rising Regional Tensions
     

    Rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as the kingdom’s crackdown on corruption last week that has seen over 200 jailed and $100b in assets frozen, have rattled markets in the region and kicked off efforts for wealthy Saudis to move money abroad, according to reports. In Lebanon, where tensions are escalating between the two […]

     
  • Goldman Sachs Applies to Saudi CMA for Equities Trading License in Saudi Arabia
     

    Goldman Sachs has applied to Saudi Arabia’s capital markets regulator for a license to trade equities in the kingdom, two sources familiar with the move said, in the latest step by Western banks to expand operations in the country, Reuters reports. The bank has been operating in Saudi Arabia since 2009 as an agent and underwriter, […]

     
  • Overview of Saudi Arabia’s Drive Toward Privatization
     

    Saudi Arabia’s push toward privatization is a key component of the government’s ambitious Vision 2030 economic and social reform program, and necessary for the Kingdom’s goals of diversifying its economy away from petroleum revenue dependency. The news service Reuters provides a “factbox” list of Saudi Arabia’s sectors that are making progress toward privatization, and encouraging […]

     
  • Plans Move Ahead for Saudi Arabia’s ‘Fannie Mae’ Mortgage-Refinancing Firm
     

    Saudi Arabia’s first mortgage-refinancing firm has started approaching banks to buy their mortgage portfolios as the state tries to boost lending for homes, Bloomberg reports. In 2015, Bloomberg and Reuters reported on Saudi Arabia’s plans to work with the Boston Consulting Group to help start a state-owned mortgage firm similar to the U.S.’s Fannie Mae and […]

     

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