Company Insights Public Investment Fund (PIF) Finance Public Investment Fund (PIF) News Trade PIF signs $3bn deal with Italy’s export credit agency Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund said on Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding worth $3 billion with Italy’s export credit agency, SACE. The sovereign wealth fund is working to boost finances to fund the country’s giga-projects. “The MoU focuses on providing financing support for co-operation between Italian companies in the private sector and […] March 5, 2025 Construction Middle East is top recipient of Chinese Belt and Road deals The Middle East was the top recipient of construction and investment deals under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2024, with the total value reaching $39 billion. That may not go down well in Washington. Saudi Arabia and construction topped the list, according to a report by Griffith Asia Institute, based in Queensland, Australia. […] March 5, 2025 Analysis Oil & Gas Saudi deficit to rise after $40bn loss in Aramco oil dividends A projected 30 percent drop in Saudi Aramco’s oil dividends in 2025 is likely to force the government and state-owned Saudi Public Investment Fund to step up borrowing to fund infrastructure and other projects under the kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic and social strategy, analysts say. The world’s largest oil company intends to cut dividends to […] March 4, 2025 Banking & Finance PIF to anchor Goldman Sach’s new GCC-focused funds Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is to be an anchor investor in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s new funds focused on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the Fund said in a statement. The two companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) focusing on private credit and public equity. The new funds aim to […] March 4, 2025 Finance PIF temporarily suspends PwC from advisory work Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has temporarily barred UK company PwC from securing advisory and consulting contracts until February 2026, according to a news report. The ban extends to the sovereign wealth fund’s more than 100 subsidiaries, Bloomberg reported citing informed sources. However, auditing projects continue as before. In May 2023, PwC received a license […] March 3, 2025 Analysis Markets Aramco dividend vital to big-spending Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco’s 2024 full-year results due this week are likely to again underline the importance of the world’s largest listed oil company to big-spending Saudi Arabia’s economic development plans. Aramco has said it expects to announce fourth-quarter dividends – payouts to the Saudi government are a core source of state revenue – of SAR116.5 billion […] March 3, 2025 Aviation Flynas secures $132m to acquire 3 A320neo aircraft Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas has secured a sharia-compliant loan of SAR495 million ($132 million) to acquire three Airbus A320neo aircraft, the airline said in a statement. The funding has been provided by Bank AlJazira, which trades on the Saudi stock exchange, the statement said. The new aircraft are expected to support Flynas’s network coverage, improve operational […] February 28, 2025 Markets Umm Al Qura IPO order book hits $126bn The institutional offering of Umm Al Qura for Development and Construction (Umm Al Qura), the developer of SAR100 billion ($26.7 billion) Masar, a mixed-use project in Mecca, was oversubscribed 241 times, according to a statement. The company, which is backed by the state-run General Organization for Social Insurance (Gosi) and Public Investment Fund (PIF), will raise […] February 28, 2025 Opinion Banking & Finance Miami’s Saudi love affair hasn’t convinced everyone Saudi Arabia is all the rage among US investors, but FDI constraints remain February 27, 2025 Manufacturing PIF weighs investment in Boeing’s Italian parts maker Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is holding talks about investing in the aerostructures unit of Italian defence company Leonardo, a news report said. The talks are at an early stage with no agreement guaranteed, Bloomberg reported. The investment could lead to the Italian company building a civil aviation manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia, the […] February 27, 2025 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 7 8 9 … 95 Next
Trade PIF signs $3bn deal with Italy’s export credit agency Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund said on Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding worth $3 billion with Italy’s export credit agency, SACE. The sovereign wealth fund is working to boost finances to fund the country’s giga-projects. “The MoU focuses on providing financing support for co-operation between Italian companies in the private sector and […] March 5, 2025
Construction Middle East is top recipient of Chinese Belt and Road deals The Middle East was the top recipient of construction and investment deals under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2024, with the total value reaching $39 billion. That may not go down well in Washington. Saudi Arabia and construction topped the list, according to a report by Griffith Asia Institute, based in Queensland, Australia. […] March 5, 2025
Analysis Oil & Gas Saudi deficit to rise after $40bn loss in Aramco oil dividends A projected 30 percent drop in Saudi Aramco’s oil dividends in 2025 is likely to force the government and state-owned Saudi Public Investment Fund to step up borrowing to fund infrastructure and other projects under the kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic and social strategy, analysts say. The world’s largest oil company intends to cut dividends to […] March 4, 2025
Banking & Finance PIF to anchor Goldman Sach’s new GCC-focused funds Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is to be an anchor investor in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s new funds focused on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the Fund said in a statement. The two companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) focusing on private credit and public equity. The new funds aim to […] March 4, 2025
Finance PIF temporarily suspends PwC from advisory work Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has temporarily barred UK company PwC from securing advisory and consulting contracts until February 2026, according to a news report. The ban extends to the sovereign wealth fund’s more than 100 subsidiaries, Bloomberg reported citing informed sources. However, auditing projects continue as before. In May 2023, PwC received a license […] March 3, 2025
Analysis Markets Aramco dividend vital to big-spending Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco’s 2024 full-year results due this week are likely to again underline the importance of the world’s largest listed oil company to big-spending Saudi Arabia’s economic development plans. Aramco has said it expects to announce fourth-quarter dividends – payouts to the Saudi government are a core source of state revenue – of SAR116.5 billion […] March 3, 2025
Aviation Flynas secures $132m to acquire 3 A320neo aircraft Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas has secured a sharia-compliant loan of SAR495 million ($132 million) to acquire three Airbus A320neo aircraft, the airline said in a statement. The funding has been provided by Bank AlJazira, which trades on the Saudi stock exchange, the statement said. The new aircraft are expected to support Flynas’s network coverage, improve operational […] February 28, 2025
Markets Umm Al Qura IPO order book hits $126bn The institutional offering of Umm Al Qura for Development and Construction (Umm Al Qura), the developer of SAR100 billion ($26.7 billion) Masar, a mixed-use project in Mecca, was oversubscribed 241 times, according to a statement. The company, which is backed by the state-run General Organization for Social Insurance (Gosi) and Public Investment Fund (PIF), will raise […] February 28, 2025
Opinion Banking & Finance Miami’s Saudi love affair hasn’t convinced everyone Saudi Arabia is all the rage among US investors, but FDI constraints remain February 27, 2025
Manufacturing PIF weighs investment in Boeing’s Italian parts maker Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is holding talks about investing in the aerostructures unit of Italian defence company Leonardo, a news report said. The talks are at an early stage with no agreement guaranteed, Bloomberg reported. The investment could lead to the Italian company building a civil aviation manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia, the […] February 27, 2025
