15th October, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has spent US$5.2 billion – or 61% - of the US$8.5 billion it raised in green bonds it raised in 2022-23, which is a sharp increase from US$1.3 billion in June 2023.
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10th October, 2024
The bid for 10% of DAZN by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is stirring debate over the blurring of lines between ownership of sports media and football clubs, but it is just one in a string of sports-related investments that combine promoting the Saudi brand with the strategic economic development of Vision 2030 and the focus of every investor: adding value and generating returns.
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17th September, 2024
Despite persistent economic problems, Egypt is a top investment destination for Gulf sovereign wealth funds that are not only mindful of its long-term potential as an emerging market but also its strategic position in soft power rivalry over the MENA region.
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3rd September, 2024
With its cash resources squeezed by profligate investments ranging from gigaprojects to sports, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to tap debt markets for a fourth time this year.
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29th August, 2024
Cairo has shaken up The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) as it seeks to re-energise a flagging privatization program.
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28th August, 2024
Public pension funds from Australia, Canada and the Netherlands have swung their support behind the EUR2.1 billion capital-raising by euNetworks amid surging appetite for digital infrastructure among state-owned investors.
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19th August, 2024
Vision 2030 is an overriding mission of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has drained cash reserves and drawn on its global portfolio to bolster the Kingdom’s economic diversification program, but the fund continues its path towards US$1 trillion in 2025 and US$2 trillion by the end of the decade.
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16th August, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) saw little change in its US public equities holdings, which grew 0.5% to US$20.7 billion in Q2.
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8th August, 2024
Electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid has received another lifeline from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) the bolster the launch of the Gravity SUV model and support the company’s Saudi plant.
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30th July, 2024
Recent weeks and months have seen Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) striking further into football and rugby with its investment in English team Newcastle leading to exponential growth in value, while it looks to snap up stakes in English rugby teams and develop Saudi Arabia's own domestic sporting prowess as a global brand.
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17th July, 2024
An agreement by three major Chinese green energy manufacturers to build production plants in Saudi Arabia is the latest episode in a good news story for Sino-Arabian economic relations, but the US's wariness of Saudi reliance on Chinese technological transfer could put Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) in a dilemma.
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12th July, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is planning to bolster hydrogen production by turning a little known subsidiary, the Energy Solutions Company (ESC), into a national champion, adding to its large and growing suite of industrial subsidiaries that seek to diversify the Kingdom’s economy, according to MEED.
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