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• Saudi Arabia’s Unknown Shale Potential is Yet Another Variable in Shifting Global Energy Landscape
  • November 12,2015

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  The impact of the rise of shale production, particularly in the United States, has radically changed the trajectory of the global energy landscape. Only in the last year, when Saudi Arabia and OPEC decided to boost production rates to mute the impact of shale and regain market share, has conventional energy regained top-dog status in […]

   
• IEA 2015 Report: Oil Likely to Rise to $80 by 2020, but Risks for ‘Dependency’ on Low-Costs Producers Heightened
  • November 11,2015

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  Consumers stand to benefit from an extended period of lower oil prices, but a prolonged period would “trigger energy-security concerns by heightening reliance on a small number of low-cost producers, or risk a sharp rebound in price if investment falls short,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its 2015 World Energy Outlook publication (WEO-2015). […]

   
• Saudi Stock Market’s Key Players Undertake Roadshow to Promote Investment in Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul
  • November 9,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  Key players in Saudi Arabia’s stock market have embarked on a “global roadshow” abroad to show off the attractiveness of the investment climate in Saudi Arabia, according to reports, with officials meeting potential investors in New York, London, and Singapore.  Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul opened to wider foreign investment in July 2015, but it did so […]

   
• Long Saudi Arabia’s Third Rail, Energy Subsidies May be Targeted to Address Fiscal Challenges
  • November 4,2015

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  • Lucien Zeigler
   

  With shrinking assets and a growing budget imbalance, Saudi Arabia is reportedly eying cuts to its domestic energy subsidy program, long a third rail for Saudi domestic politics. Although a reduction in energy subsidies could help the government balance its budget, the subsidies may be challenging politically. “On paper, ditching subsidies would close around two-thirds of […]

   
• Why US Shale Oil Is At an Inflection Point
  • October 30,2015

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  A recent Jadwa Investment report found that there will not be a collapse in shale oil production as a period of sector consolidation, through global integrated oil companies and private equity, ensures that shale oil remains a key player in the global oil market going forward. The report, which follows up on a comprehensive analysis published by […]

   
• Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud Named New Ambassador to the United States
  • October 22,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to the United States, Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, has been sworn in by King Salman in a ceremony in Riyadh, according to the SPA and the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. The swearing in ceremony took place at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh for Prince Abdullah bin Faisal, […]

   
• In First Interview as Capital Markets Authority Chairman, Mohammed Al-Jadaan Indicates Willingness to Open Stock Market to Wider Foreign Investment
  • October 21,2015

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  Saudi Arabia would be open to relaxing its rules on foreigners investing directly in its stock market to help it get included in global indices, the chairman of the Capital Market Authority told Reuters. In his first interview with international media, Al Jadaan told Reuters that “[o]ne of our objectives is to ensure we are […]

   
• Perspective: “Lessons from America’s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East” – Chas Freeman’s Speech to AUSPC in Washington
  • October 15,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  In the opening keynote at this year’s 24th Arab-US Policymaker’s conference, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. discussed the lessons from America’s “continuing misadventures in the Middle East.” The event, hosted by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations in Washington, D.C., enters its second day today at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center. Ambassador Freeman chairs Projects […]

   
• CMA Tightens Curbs on Anonymous Investors in Preventive Measure to Curb Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
  • October 14,2015

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  Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority has further tightened its restrictions on anonymous investors trading shares through brokers in a bid to prevent money laundering and financing of militant groups, Reuters reports.  The new rules apply to Saudi and Gulf-based brokers and banks “which offer opportunities to invest in the Saudi stock market through funds called ‘nominee accounts’. […]

   
• Current and Long-Term Challenges for the Labor Market in Saudi Arabia – Jadwa Investment
  • October 12,2015

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  • SUSTG Team
   

  A recently released report by Jadwa Investment on the Saudi labor market looks ahead to the potential significant challenges still facing the labor market within Saudi Arabia. “The Saudi Labor Market has undergone significant and dynamic change over the course of the last decade. The labor market is notably segmented and unique challenges are being […]

   
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