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Yotel to open hotel in Neom's Oxagon by 2025

London-based Yotel announces first hotel in NEOM’s Oxagon in Saudi Arabia

The new announcement reflects Yotel’s plans to grow both management and franchised projects in the Middle East region, as part of its larger strategy to reach 50 hotels by 2025

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Saudi management consultancy TAM receives CMA approval for IPO

The consultancy will list shares on Tadawul’s Nomu-Parallel Market

Lazard

Lazard names key Aramco IPO banker as head of MENA advisory

Wassim Al-Khatib will also be the CEO of Lazard Saudi Arabia

Mubadala Investment Capital invests in fintech Tabby's Series C round

Mubadala Investment Capital invests in fintech Tabby’s Series C round

The funds will be used to expand Tabby’s product line and support the company’s growing operations

e& enterprise

UAE’s etisalat by e& named strongest Middle Eastern brand

Tech giant Amazon regained top spot from Apple to become the world’s most valuable brand

Jadwa divests stake in Luberef

Davos 2023: Saudi Arabia open to talks on trade in currencies besides dollar

The world’s largest oil exporter is seeking to strengthen its relations with crucial trade partners

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Events Investment Fund

Saudi Crown Prince launches Events Investment Fund, aims to boost culture, tourism, sports sectors

The fund will conceptualise, finance and oversee development of more than 35 venues by 2030, with the aim of delivering its first asset by 2023

Saudi Arabia confident about attracting FDI

Saudi Arabia confident about attracting more foreign investors, says minister

The Saudi government has made more than 700 regulatory changes as it seeks to attract investors

Saudi inflation

Saudi inflation hits 3.3% in December, highest in 18 months

Prices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels in the kingdom rose an annual 5.8 per cent, while food and beverages were up 4.2 per cent

Saudi Arabia's PIF and Maaden sign JV

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Ma’aden to set up JV

The joint-venture company aims to initially invest in iron ore, copper, nickel, and lithium as a non-operating partner taking minority equity positions

Saudi National Bank to raise capital in Credit Suisse by $4.1bn

Saudi National Bank to raise capital in Credit Suisse by $4.1bn

Saudi National Bank was an anchor investor in Credit Suisse’s capital raise and now holds 9.9 per cent in the firm

Saudi wealth fund joins $930m pre-IPO bet on Korean anime giant

Saudi Arabia has been beefing up investment and business ties with Korean companies, becoming a major shareholder of NCSoft Corp as well as Tokyo-listed Nexon Co

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Saudi Arabia: The Red Sea to join exclusive Serandipians’ luxury network

Upon completion in 2030, The Red Sea will comprise 50 resorts, offering up to 8,000 hotel rooms and over 1,000 residential properties across 22 islands and six inland sites

Saudia

Saudia opens airport operations building in Jeddah

The mini terminal includes artificial intelligence-powered self-boarding kiosks and five luggage carousels as well as 15 meeting rooms for pre-flight cabin crew briefings

Olam Group plans to list agribusiness unit in Saudi Arabia

Olam Group plans to list agribusiness unit in Saudi Arabia

The proposed initial public offering of Olam Agri in Saudi Arabia would be the first listing of a global company in the country

Investcorp

Bahrain’s Investcorp set to invest $1bn in GCC real estate over five years

Investments worth $100m are under consideration in Saudi Arabia

Hajj pilgrim restrictions lifted

Saudi Arabia scraps restrictions on Hajj pilgrim numbers, age limit

People visiting the kingdom with an Umrah visa can now visit any city in Saudi Arabia, and any visitor to the country will be allowed to perform Umrah at any time

PIF adds Diriyah project to its portfolio

Saudi Arabia’s PIF announces Diriyah as its fifth giga project

The sovereign wealth fund’s other giga projects include NEOM, Red Sea, Qiddiya and Roshn 

Saudi jobs growth highest in half a decade

Saudi jobs growth is strongest in half decade amid business boom

Companies are looking to raise their staffing capacity in response to an increase in sales and higher demand

Jadwa divests stake in Luberef

Saudi Arabia’s Jadwa Investment divests stake in Luberef through IPO on Tadawul

The Luberef IPO marks the firm’s eighth private equity exit, and at SAR5bn the offering brings Jadwa’s aggregate private equity distributions to clients to SAR11bn

Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports rise 4% to $6.6bln in October

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports rise 4% to $6.6bn in October

Non-oil exports mainly comprised chemical and allied industries, accounting for 41 per cent of the total non-oil merchandise exports

Embracing equity

Saudi Arabia bans abayas in examination halls

The kingdom’s Education and Training Evaluation Commission has said female students will not be permitted to wear loose-fitting, full-length robes at the time of examination

Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan to establish joint business council

Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan to establish joint business council

The committee also witnessed the signing of an MoU between the Saudi Fund for Development and the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan

Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports rise 4% to $6.6bln in October

Aramco, Sinopec and SABIC partner for petrochemical project in Yanbu

The three entities are exploring collaboration across refining and petrochemical projects in Saudi Arabia as well as China

World Cloud & Data Center Show accelerates Saudi's cloud adoption initiatives

‘World Cloud & Data Center Show’ accelerates Saudi’s cloud adoption initiatives

The event gathered CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, heads of research, industry practitioners and IT experts in cloud computing

Aramco, Total to build $11bn Saudi petrochemical project

The facility is set to start operations in 2027

Saudi Arabia and UK review bilateral relations and sign defense cooperation

Saudi Arabia, UK review bilateral relations and sign defence cooperation

Prince Khalid also paid an official visit to the headquarters of BAE Systems, a British multinational arms, security and aerospace company in Wharton, Cumbria

Saudi’s PIF acquires up to 9.5% stake in Skyborn Renewables

The investment will allow the sovereign wealth fund to participate in the acceleration of energy transition and clean energy at an international scale

Americana, Luberef IPO managers set to share $74m in fees

Americana and Luberef IPOs take the proceeds of Gulf listings this year to over $20bn

Service

Regional wealth management firm launches invest now pay later service

The service allows investors to start investing in private markets without funding the entire commitment from day one