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  • Saudi Stock Market
    Tadawul: Housing hopes boost Saudi; Egypt rises before investment summit

    Stronger oil and hopes that the government will speed up its housing programme lifted Saudi Arabia's stock market to a four-month high on Thursday, while Egypt rebounded ahead of a long-awaited conference to attract investment. Most Gulf markets were soft.

  • Aramco
    Saudi Exec Expects $1 Trillion Drop In Energy Investments

    A high-ranking Saudi Aramco executive says the plunge in energy prices already has caused many in the industry to cut spending on oil and gas projects, and the trend probably will continue for a few years, perhaps reaching a cut of $1 trillion in investments.

  • Saudi Gold Market
    Saudi gold investments poised to grow 20% to $3.7bn in 2015

    Gold market in Saudi Arabia is currently estimated at SR9 billion whereas the number of gold and jewelry shops is reaching 6,000 spread across the Kingdom. Some 250 factories are supplying markets with a variety of gold works but their number is expected to grow to 300 by the end of the year.

  • Tadawul Opening
    Saudi Arabia to Allow Foreign Investment in Changed Markets

    Saudi Arabia faces some unexpected marketing challenges as it opens its stock market to foreign investment.

  • Minerals and Mining
    Ma’aden spearheads Saudi mining sector development with $22b in investments

    The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) investments have now exceeded SR85 billion making the Kingdom a major player in the phosphate and aluminum industry, according to Ma'aden sources who discussed in detail about Ma'aden's operation and plans during a media field trip to Ras Al-Khair.

  • Foreign Direct Investment
    SAGIA Deputy Governor Discusses Saudi Investment Environment

    Saudi Arabia’s massive spending on infrastructure and overhaul of its regulatory environment has made the country even more attractive for foreign investors.

  • Economic Cities
    More than $67 billion of investment for Saudi Arabia’s economic cities

    The objective of the economic cities is to grow the national economy and raise the standard of living for Saudis through enhancing the competitiveness of the economy, creating new jobs, improving Saudis' skill levels, developing regions and diversifying the economy. Each city is being developed by the private sector around at least one globally competitive cluster or industry, which will serve as an anchor and a growth engineer for the city, around which other businesses will locate.

  • Healthcare
    Saudi Arabia Liberalises Investment Rules In Healthcare Sector

    As per the new regulations, experienced healthcare professionals will be allowed to move freely within institutions in the Kingdom in an effort to improve efficiency. The amended regulations will also allow citizens who are not healthcare professionals to run hospitals in the country. Previously, only Saudi doctors or healthcare professionals were allowed to operate and manage medical institutions, local daily Saudi Gazette reported. In addition, the new rules will also allow global healthcare companies to invest in Saudi Arabia, the ministry of health said in a statement.

  • Real Estate
    Saudi investment firm Jadwa eyes real estate push

    Saudi Arabia's Jadwa Investment, one of the country's largest privately owned investment firms, says it is planning to invest in domestic real estate as it expands into new asset classes, hoping to cash in on booming demand for new homes. Supply of housing in Saudi Arabia lags strong demand, the result of rapid population growth and slow progress in government building programmes designed to ease the shortage.

  • SAGIA
    Kingdom’s doors ‘fully open for investment’

    The Kingdom is moving steadily toward reducing its reliance on petroleum as a single source for its economy. The nonoil sector reached 50 percent of GDP in 2012, with manufacturing, trade and utilities leading this growth and diversification. Both oil-based and new sectors are seeing exciting development possibilities. Our new growth sectors include health care, transportation, IT, food manufacturing and renewable energy.