After weeks in lockdown with access to stores and malls restricted, Saudi shoppers found themselves under a time crunch to hunt for deals ahead of a planned increase in the Kingdom's Value Added Tax (VAT) on July 1.
New York-based online Islamic investment platform Wahed Invest has secured backing from Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest company, to expand into the Middle East and make Riyadh its hub for the region, according to Bloomberg.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) invested in two Canadian energy companies in the first quarter of 2020, expanding its holdings in the sector likely at lower-than-usual valuations as oil prices hit cyclical lows this year.
