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Investcorp refocuses on inward GCC investment

By Shruthi Nair

Bahrain’s Investcorp is involved in investment-related initiatives worth $4 billion, the latest of which is a commercial partnership with Awaed, the first commission-free Saudi trading platform.

After investing heavily in the US and Europe, it is now focusing more to GCC opportunities.

AGBI spoke to Investcorp’s Saudi Arabia MD Mashaal AlJomaih in the video above.

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