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  • Jadwa Saudi Chartbook for August 2012: Banking Indicators
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of August 2012 found that the Saudi economy remained “robust.” On the subject of banking indicators in Saudi Arabia, Jadwa found that “bank lending to the private sector jumped in June. Monthly growth was the highest since August 2009. In year-on-year terms it was at its peak since […]

     
  • ‘There is a large infrastructure boom happening in Saudi Arabia’
     

    Saudi Arabia is spending more than $60 billion on a logistics hub, airport improvement and roads to reduce travel time in the Arab world’s biggest economy. The investments also yielded the largest sukuk, or Islamic bond, offered in the Middle East this year and an initial public offering on the stock exchange in June. “There […]

     
  • Wealth Management in the Middle East: Boon or Bust?
     

    Middle Eastern policymakers and bankers will develop an indigenous wealth management industry which keeps the super-wealthy’s investments at home. Developing a local national wealth management industry requires letting in foreign competition, changing banking and securities laws, and growing local companies whose shares are worth buying. The first part of the article reviews trends in wealth […]

     
  • Gulf States Move to Diversify Income Sources
     

    Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, has identified mining as a key investment area after oil and petrochemicals, and is spending an estimated $38 billion to develop two cities centered around mining…“The idea is to try and improve the range of benefits and advantages of doing business in the G.C.C. and in Saudi Arabia, […]

     
  • Jadwa Investment’s Saud June 2012 Inflation Report
     

    Jadwa Investment’s recently released June inflation report found year-on-year inflation for Saudi Arabia eased again in June, slipping to 4.9 percent from 5.1 percent in May, the first time it has been below 5 percent since August 2011. The Riyadh-based investment firm also found lower rental inflation caused most of the fall. Jadwa’s report is […]

     
  • Saudi Aramco to invest in new energy ventures
     

    Saudi Aramco has launched an investment arm to buy into companies that have developed technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Arabia and speed their deployment in the kingdom, the state-run energy group said. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures LLC (SAEV) plans to invest in start-up and high-growth ventures offering new technologies to the upstream and downstream […]

     
  • Study finds ’80 more years of Saudi oil at current production levels’
     

    Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer in the world with a proven reserve of 264 billion barrels, could continue oil supplies for the next 80 years at the current production levels, the Kuwait-based Diplomatic Center for Strategic Studies (DCSS) said in a study. Saudi Arabia retains 38.7 percent of world oil reserves whereas the shares […]

     
  • Why Saudi Arabia’s Travel and Tourism Sector Is Ripe for Growth
     

    Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is poised for rapid growth in the next decade and beyond, and both Saudi and international corporations are looking to cash in on the opportunities ahead. A product of the changing economic and social landscape in Saudi Arabia, the coming tourism boom is likely to contribute to the Kingdom’s […]

     
  • Saudi, UAE, Qatar top Cleantech list
     

    Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan are the most attractive markets for clean technologies, thanks to their government plans, budgets and long-term strategies, said a report by Ernst & Young. These countries have also demonstrated investments in large initiatives such as KACARE, Masdar and the ‘Green’ Fifa World Cup 2022, said E&Y in the […]

     
  • Saudi Mortgage Law Approved – Jadwa Flash Note
     

    Jadwa Investments released a flash note discussing the recently approved mortgage law in Saudi Arabia, which the bank believes “is a very important step in broadening home ownership.” The new mortgage law “will help to tackle one of the most pressing social issues for many in the Kingdom and will generate significant benefits to the economy. However, […]

     

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