September 14, 2021 In anticipation of its planned IPO later this year, Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange has restructured – and created new opportunities in emerging markets investment strategies. The Vision 2030 plan aims to cement Saudi Arabia’s place as a…
September 5, 2021 As part of its plans to launch a derivatives market, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has signed an agreement with Nasdaq to deliver marketplace technology solutions and further diversify investment avenues, providing investors with hedging tools for…
September 5, 2021 According to New World Wealth, a research firm that tracks the wealth and movements of millionaires, multi-millionaires and billionaires globally, Dubai’s population of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), rose to 54,000 in June 2021, up from 52,000 in December…
September 20, 2021 A new investment firm founded in 2021 by Steven Mnuchin, Liberty Strategic Capital, has raised $2.5 billion attracting investments from sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, including the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, where…
September 2, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused Middle Eastern investors to shift away from traditional fixed income into assets such as private equity, real estate, and hedge funds. Many investors are focused on creating a balanced investment strategy that…
August 17, 2021 Mubadala Capital has reported that its private equity Fund III has raised $1.6 billion in capital commitments from a diverse set of new and existing investors including leading pension plans, endowments, insurance plans, government institutions, family offices…
August 12, 2021 As Kuwait makes strides in investing its way out of dependency on oil money, the Future Generations Fund (FGF), sees its growth over the past five years exceed the country’s total revenue from oil for the same…
August 12, 2021 The World Bank estimates that the 54-nation AfCFTA economic bloc launched in 2021, has the potential to lift at least 30 million Africans out of poverty, boost the continent’s income by $450 billion by 2035 (a gain…
August 11, 2021 Abu Dhabi’s asset management subsidiary Mubadala Capital has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a consortium of investors led Blackrock - and this appears to be just the start. Although the deal structure with the world’s largest…
August 11, 2021 With continued global interest in Saudi financial assets, FDI inflow into Saudi Arabia is today at its highest level since 2016 when Vision 2030 was launched. The Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia’s (MISA) latest update echoes…