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IMF: Saudi Arabia Making ‘Good Progress’ on Vision 2030, Should Focus on Balanced Budget in 2023
- May 23,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is making good progress in implementing Vision 2030 economic and social reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement late on Tuesday, as it urged the Kingdom not to increase spending and to focus on a balanced budget by 2023. “The government remains committed to wide-ranging economic and social reforms to transform the […]
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Saudi Ministry of Justice Announces Launch of Alimony Fund ‘Modeled on UK’s Child Maintenance Service’
- May 15,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice is planning to launch an alimony fund similar to the United Kingdom’s Child Maintenance Service in an attempt to “empower mothers and provide sustainable living and support, for them and their children,” the Ministry said in a press release. The alimony fund is dedicated to women who are divorced and facing difficulty […]
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Tadawul IPO Pushed to ‘2019 at the Earliest’ as Kingdom Eyes MSCI Inclusion Bump
- April 24,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is delaying the IPO of the Tadawul, the Kingdom’s stock exchange, “on hopes that a potential MSCI Inc. upgrade could boost its value,” according to Bloomberg which cited people with knowledge of the matter. The Tadawul has pushed back plans to sell shares “to 2019 at the earliest,” according to Bloomberg, because waiting until after MSCI’s […]
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Saudi, Qatar Bond Issues Get Cozy; Both Oversubscribed
- April 12,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia beat out regional rival Qatar’s first bond issuance since the Gulf crisis began with its own “surprise” $11 billion raise, which drew $52 billion of orders this week, according to reports. Saudi Arabia denies that the timing of the quick-fire raise was not aimed at damaging Qatar’s issuance. The Saudi debt management office told the […]
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Now West, Crown Prince Salman Meets with Tech Elite in Seattle
- April 2,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with some of the world’s most prominent technology executives in Seattle this weekend as part of his three-week long official visit to the United States. The powerful millennial has prioritized technology as part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 social and economic reform blueprint, and has used the newly-empowered Public […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Harvard, MIT in Boston
- March 26,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Harvard University and MIT in Boston, Massachusetts over the weekend to tour two of America’s premiere higher education campuses and talk about the importance of research and entrepreneurship to Vision 2030. The visit to Boston is the second stop in a weeks long tour across the United States, his first […]
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State Department Approves $1 Billion in New Military Sales to Saudi Arabia
- March 23,2018
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- SUSTG Team
The State Department approved a possible sale of $670 million in TOW 2B (BGM-71F-Series) missiles to Saudi Arabia, according to a release from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). Together, with a new $300 million sale for spare vehicle parts for the Royal Saudi Land Forces Ordnance Corps, the new deals announced amount to nearly $1 billion. Defense Secretary James Mattis on […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Kicks Off Two Week U.S. Visit Today with Meeting at White House
- March 20,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Washington, D.C. last night and will kick off a two week, multi-city U.S. tour with a meeting today at the White House. The Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C. issued a release providing further details on the trip, noting that in addition to meeting with President Trump […]
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Shrugging Off Uncertainty, Investors Pour Money into Saudi Arabia with ‘Strong Underlying Fundamentals’
- March 15,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is “the hottest emerging market” right now as investors appear to be shrugging off concerns surrounding last year’s crackdown on corruption and with optimism surrounding Vision 2030’s economic and social reforms now coming into effect, CNN Money reports. “Equity funds investing in Saudi Arabia saw net inflows of $110 million between the start […]
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Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom Pledge Billions in Bilateral Trade and Investments
- March 8,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom re-affirmed bi-lateral trade and investment ties on the second day of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit in London with billions in deals eyed in the coming years. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and the U.K.’s prime minister launched an economic and investment partnership called the U.K.-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership […]
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Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. official said. The departures will be among the first international flights to take off from Kabul airport since the Islamist militia seized the capital in mid-August, triggering the chaotic U.S.-led evacuation of 124,000 foreigners and at-risk Afghans.
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‘The drivers loved it’ – Brawn says success of Zandvoort’s banked corners will be replicated in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia
One of the big talking points after the return of the Dutch Grand Prix was Zandvoort’s dramatic new banked corners, and the effect they’d had on the racing. And Formula 1’s Managing Director of Motorsports Ross Brawn believes that the banking’s popularity with the drivers justified the creation of similar style corners at the Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia tracks, which will appear on the calendar later this year.
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Lebanese turn once again to Cyprus safe haven
Just as during the 1975-1990 civil war that ravaged their country, hundreds of Lebanese families are turning to neighbouring Cyprus to escape the miseries of everyday life back home. Short-haul flights from Beirut to Larnaca, barely a 25-minute hop away, have been busy for months ferrying in Lebanese for whom their crisis-hit country with its dire shortages has become unliveable.
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF hires banks to advise on ESG
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has hired five international banks as members of an environmental, governance and social (ESG) panel for its medium-term capital-raising strategy, IFR News reported on Monday. Sources told Reuters in July that PIF sent banks a request for proposals to help it set up an ESG framework that would allow it to expand its funding base by attracting ESG-focused investors.
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Goldman Hires Citigroup, HSBC Bankers as Mideast Deals Surge
Jassim AlSane, a senior Citigroup banker, will join Goldman Sachs’ Dubai office in November as managing director and the co-head of investment banking operations for the Middle East and North Africa. Also, Omar AlZaim is joining the bank as an executive director and the head of investment banking for Saudi Arabia, according to a spokesman for the bank. The hirings come as deal activity picks up in the Middle East, fueled by governments and state-owned firms looking for new ways to raise money and diversify their economies after last year’s slump in revenue from oil sales.
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Afghanistan: Taliban claim victory in Panjshir, but resistance forces say they still control strategic position
Panjshir was the last remaining hold-out among Afghanistan's 34 provinces to resist the Taliban. If the claim is true, it would mean the Taliban now control every Afghan province.
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Islamic Development Bank launches Saudi-backed $100m fund in Uzbekistan
The new economic fund is part of the IsDB’s series of development activities in Uzbekistan, which so far stand at $2.4 billion in value.
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How Will the Middle East Greet the Afghan Taliban?
Saudi Arabia’s approach will likely be a moderating one. As the new Saudi leadership has championed “moderate Islam,” Riyadh may try to use its influence over the Taliban to push the group in a direction further away from the extremism that defined the “Islamic Emirate” of the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Who is Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada
But the extremist group’s supreme leader, who has the final say on all political, religious and military decisions, has remained in the shadows. Haibatullah Akhundzada, an ultraconservative cleric, has officially led the Taliban since 2016 but has stayed out of the public eye. Here’s what to know about him.
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Afghanistan: Taliban expected to announce new government
Sources told Agence-France Presse the cabinet could be presented after morning prayers on Friday, while Ahmadullah Muttaqi, a Taliban official, said on social media a ceremony was being prepared at the presidential palace in Kabul.
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