Saudi Arabia
Finance
Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest....
2009-10-14Finance
To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger...
2009-07-28Finance
On June 8 Saudi Arabia's stock market regulator, the Capital Market Authority (CMA), said that it had approved six initial public offerings (IPOs) for the period between June and...
2009-06-10Finance
Savola Group - a leading Saudi Arabia-based company with assets across the food and mass grocery retail (MGR) segments - has reportedly spent SAR500mn (US$133.3mn) increasing its...
2009-04-29Finance
Four insurance companies have said that they will launch IPOs on Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) between April 18-27. The companies - AXA for Cooperative Insurance,...
2009-03-25Finance
Saudi telecoms group Etihad Atheeb Telecommuniations (Atheeb), one of the Kingdom's new fixed-line licensees, has confirmed that it is planning to raise up to US$80mn in an initial...
2008-12-30Finance
CFW's view on the importance of the infrastructure sector for private equity firms continues to play out, and on December 16 Australia's Macquarie Group and the Abu Dhabi Commercial...
2008-12-22Finance
Leading Saudi Arabian dairy company Almarai has made an offer to take over local company Hail Agricultural Development (HADCO) in a share-swap deal. Almarai, which is the Gulf's largest...
2008-11-11
