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PIF's Billion-Dollar Moves: Bond Sales and Strategic Deals Fuel Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030

22nd January, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is making bold moves to secure the funding necessary for its ambitious Vision 2030 transformation.

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PIF Expands Shariah-Compliant Debt Financing Amid Vision 2030’s Growing Cash Needs

6th January, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), a cornerstone of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy, has raised US$7 billion through its inaugural murabaha credit facility, a shariah-compliant financing structure.

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Franco-Saudi US$10bn MoU Signals Strategic Convergence

5th December, 2024

Franco-Saudi relations have been bolstered by the signing of a US$10 billion MoU between France’s state-owned investor Bpifrance and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).

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Devouring 2017 Palace Purge Assets: PIF Gains MBC Stake, is Binladin Next?

4th November, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is taking a majority stake of the Middle East’s biggest broadcaster, which was originally nabbed by the government in the palace purge that was staged exactly seven years ago today.

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PIF Taps Debt Markets, Draws on Cash Reserves and Slashes Equities to Prop Up Vision 2030

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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PIF Looks to Lift Economic Diversification by Igniting Hydrogen Production

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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PIF Set to Boost AUM to US$1trn Through Share Issues, But Risks Abound

11th June, 2024

Reports that Saudi energy firm ACWA Power is planning to raise SAR7.1 billion (US$1.9 billion) through issuing stock to existing shareholders could further boost the Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) AUM as it strides towards a US$1 trillion portfolio – meanwhile, Aramco’s recent secondary offering poses some downside risks for the Saudi state and the economy's long-term diversification.

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PIF Bids for Liquidity as it Boosts Borrowing

3rd June, 2024

The decision by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to launch a rare sterling-denominated dual-tranche note offering suggests the sovereign wealth fund is resorting to international debt markets to fund the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 objectives – it’s total leverage is currently a little over 4% of total assets under management.

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PIF Reaches the Stratosphere with Satellite Subsidiary

28th May, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is developing its might as the dominant force in the national economy with the launch of yet another national champion subsidiary, this time devoted to satellite launches.

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BlackRock Deepens Relationship With Saudi Arabia

30th April, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s US$925 billion Public Investment Fund (PIF) has given BlackRock a US$5 billion mandate to help establish a multi-class investment firm based in the capital, called BlackRock Riyadh Investment Management.

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PIF Uses Aramco Stake as Springboard to US$1trn AUM in 2025

8th March, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is marching towards its end-2025 target of US$1 trillion with a further 8% stake in Aramco transferred to its portfolio by the government, in order to fund the Kingdom’s aggressive economic diversification program.

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PIF Continues its Multi-Billion Borrowing Spree

29th February, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has tapped global markets for a mega-sukuk worth US$2 billion, bringing its total debt to an estimated US$36 billion - and it unlikely to stop its borrowing spree.

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