Saudi Arabia

Saudi mall operator is first IPO to allow US investment

May 22, 2019

One of the largest IPOs to come out of Saudi Arabia in the past five years has seen mall operator Arabian Centres become the first to...Read more

Shareholder targeting & ID

Foreign ownership and the emerging markets upgrade: Inside IR at Al Rajhi Bank

May 02, 2019

Garnet Roach

Foreign ownership and the emerging markets upgrade: Inside IR at Al Rajhi Bank

Founded in 1957, Riyadh-headquartered Al Rajhi Bank has become one of the biggest names in Islamic finance and last year joined 31...Read more

Case studies

Trust in the kingdom: The key to success in Saudi Arabia (and elsewhere)

Apr 26, 2019

Oliver Schutzmann

Trust in the kingdom: The key to success in Saudi Arabia (and elsewhere)

‘Trust is about establishing the momentum and the direction [Saudi Arabia] has taken. If this is reversed, it will destroy trust.’...Read more

Buy side

Submerging from emerging: The next stage – for some – in Saudi Arabia’s equity story

Mar 29, 2019

Oliver Schutzmann

Submerging from emerging: The next stage – for some – in Saudi Arabia’s equity story

At this stage in the story of Saudi Arabia’s equity market emergence , two of the world’s three most important index providers – FTSE...Read more

Case studies

Brave new dawn for Saudi Arabia’s equity markets

Mar 20, 2019

Oliver Schutzmann

Brave new dawn for Saudi Arabia’s equity markets

Saudi Arabia ’s equity markets officially joined the FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones Emerging Market (EM) indices on March 18, 2019...Read more

Sell side

GCC equity capital markets end 2018 on strong note

Feb 28, 2019

Andrew Holt

GCC equity capital markets end 2018 on strong note

Last year ended on a strong note for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) equity capital markets, with the fourth quarter being the best of...Read more

Corporate access

Saudi regulator draws line in the sand on investor relations

Nov 02, 2018

Oliver Schutzmann

Saudi regulator draws line in the sand on investor relations

Saudi Arabia’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a strongly worded statement that urges all listed companies in the kingdom...Read more

Case studies

What Saudi Arabia’s MSCI upgrade means for IR in the kingdom

Jun 21, 2018

Oliver Schutzmann

What Saudi Arabia’s MSCI upgrade means for IR in the kingdom

The decision is made. MSCI, the global index provider, has joined its peer FTSE Russell in elevating Saudi stocks to emerging market...Read more

Reporting

What companies can learn from the Saudi Aramco leak

Apr 20, 2018

Oliver Schutzmann

What companies can learn from the Saudi Aramco leak

As Saudi Aramco prepares for the world’s first ‘giga-cap’ IPO, a document claiming to show its financial performance for the first...Read more

Case studies

Saudi Arabia’s anti-graft disclosure: Much heat and little light

Nov 16, 2017

Oliver Schutzmann

Saudi Arabia’s anti-graft disclosure: Much heat and little light

Saudi Arabia is undertaking its biggest ever strategic communications exercise. The kingdom is inviting investment into many new multi...Read more

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