Saudi Arabia

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.... 2009-10-14

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... 2009-07-28

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... 2009-06-10

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... 2009-04-29

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,... 2009-03-25

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... 2008-12-30

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... 2008-12-22