Company Insights Saudi Aramco Oil & Gas Saudi Aramco News Analysis Markets Expect a more subdued Dubai bourse in 2025 Following a stellar 2024, Dubai’s index is likely to join other Gulf bourses in experiencing a more subdued 2025. Dubai’s growing population, record tourism and trade revenues and a near-doubling of residential property prices since January 2021 helped to propel the emirate’s bourse to a 10-year peak last week. The benchmark has since retreated slightly […] December 25, 2024 Business of Sport Prince sells English football club to US consortium Saudi Arabia’s United World Group, led by Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has sold its interest in the English Championship side Sheffield United. The club, currently sitting at the top of the table heading into the busy Christmas schedule of fixtures, has been taken over by the American consortium COH Sports for […] December 24, 2024 Opinion Energy BP could be a savvy investment for Gulf buyers Rarely does the opportunity to buy an international energy leader arise December 19, 2024 Oil & Gas Kenya extends oil deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE Kenya has extended oil import agreements with one Saudi and two UAE oil companies to ease pressure on its currency, according to media reports. The deals were initially signed with Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Emirates National Oil Company in March 2023, offering a 180-day credit period, Business Daily newspaper reported. Reuters […] December 18, 2024 Trade UK company to open ‘miracle material’ factory in Saudi Arabia The world’s first commercial production facility for graphene-enriched carbon fibre is to be built in Saudi Arabia, its backers have announced. Graphene Innovations Manchester (GIM) – a UK company that is developing the “miracle material” said to be stronger than diamond, more conductive than copper and more flexible than rubber – has signed an agreement […] December 10, 2024 Opinion Oil & Gas Seismic events in Syria will not affect oil markets. Here’s why Syria does have some oil but has been a footnote in global markets December 9, 2024 Analysis Business of Sport Saudi Arabia expands global reach with 900 sports deals Saudi Arabia’s vast number of sports sponsorship deals, now in excess of 900, are part of the kingdom’s strategy to diversify away from oil but their long-term success will not be known for some time to come, experts have said. Play the Game, a publicly funded sports ethics institute in Denmark, compiled a list of […] December 9, 2024 Real Estate Property app Stake to launch in Saudi Arabia A fractional-ownership platform that enables investors to own parcels of real estate for as little as SAR500 ($134) is to launch in Saudi Arabia on December 9. Based in Dubai, Stake offers investors the opportunity to buy parts of residential and commercial properties. Fractional property ownership is a rising trend in the global real estate market. […] December 6, 2024 Analysis Finance GCC sukuk’s best-kept secret: Dublin For many people, the city of Guinness and James Joyce may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about Islamic bonds. Yet, according to a report last month from Fitch Ratings, the Dublin stock exchange – Euronext Dublin – is now the world’s largest listing venue for hard currency global sukuk. […] December 5, 2024 Sustainability Arab funds pledge $10bn to fight desertification The Arab Coordination Group, an alliance of 10 development funds, is to provide $10 billion by 2030 to combat land degradation, desertification and drought, it was announced on the second day of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification event in Riyadh. The commitment brings the total pledged to these interrelated causes at the two-week […] December 4, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 14 15 16 … 57 Next
Analysis Markets Expect a more subdued Dubai bourse in 2025 Following a stellar 2024, Dubai’s index is likely to join other Gulf bourses in experiencing a more subdued 2025. Dubai’s growing population, record tourism and trade revenues and a near-doubling of residential property prices since January 2021 helped to propel the emirate’s bourse to a 10-year peak last week. The benchmark has since retreated slightly […] December 25, 2024
Business of Sport Prince sells English football club to US consortium Saudi Arabia’s United World Group, led by Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has sold its interest in the English Championship side Sheffield United. The club, currently sitting at the top of the table heading into the busy Christmas schedule of fixtures, has been taken over by the American consortium COH Sports for […] December 24, 2024
Opinion Energy BP could be a savvy investment for Gulf buyers Rarely does the opportunity to buy an international energy leader arise December 19, 2024
Oil & Gas Kenya extends oil deals with Saudi Arabia and UAE Kenya has extended oil import agreements with one Saudi and two UAE oil companies to ease pressure on its currency, according to media reports. The deals were initially signed with Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Emirates National Oil Company in March 2023, offering a 180-day credit period, Business Daily newspaper reported. Reuters […] December 18, 2024
Trade UK company to open ‘miracle material’ factory in Saudi Arabia The world’s first commercial production facility for graphene-enriched carbon fibre is to be built in Saudi Arabia, its backers have announced. Graphene Innovations Manchester (GIM) – a UK company that is developing the “miracle material” said to be stronger than diamond, more conductive than copper and more flexible than rubber – has signed an agreement […] December 10, 2024
Opinion Oil & Gas Seismic events in Syria will not affect oil markets. Here’s why Syria does have some oil but has been a footnote in global markets December 9, 2024
Analysis Business of Sport Saudi Arabia expands global reach with 900 sports deals Saudi Arabia’s vast number of sports sponsorship deals, now in excess of 900, are part of the kingdom’s strategy to diversify away from oil but their long-term success will not be known for some time to come, experts have said. Play the Game, a publicly funded sports ethics institute in Denmark, compiled a list of […] December 9, 2024
Real Estate Property app Stake to launch in Saudi Arabia A fractional-ownership platform that enables investors to own parcels of real estate for as little as SAR500 ($134) is to launch in Saudi Arabia on December 9. Based in Dubai, Stake offers investors the opportunity to buy parts of residential and commercial properties. Fractional property ownership is a rising trend in the global real estate market. […] December 6, 2024
Analysis Finance GCC sukuk’s best-kept secret: Dublin For many people, the city of Guinness and James Joyce may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about Islamic bonds. Yet, according to a report last month from Fitch Ratings, the Dublin stock exchange – Euronext Dublin – is now the world’s largest listing venue for hard currency global sukuk. […] December 5, 2024
Sustainability Arab funds pledge $10bn to fight desertification The Arab Coordination Group, an alliance of 10 development funds, is to provide $10 billion by 2030 to combat land degradation, desertification and drought, it was announced on the second day of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification event in Riyadh. The commitment brings the total pledged to these interrelated causes at the two-week […] December 4, 2024
