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PIF Redefines Football as an Asset Class – and Geopolitical Soft Power

8th August, 2025

Football transfer windows rarely generate headlines in boardrooms and among institutional investors, but the arrival of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has changed that calculus entirely.

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PIF’s 2024 Results Mark a Strategic Shift in Saudi Grand Experiment

2nd July, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) just dropped its 2024 numbers - and on the surface, they look stellar with assets up 18% to SAR4.32 trillion (US$1.15 trillion).

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PIF’s Debt Strategy, From Giga-Visions to Precision Finance

24th June, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) signaled a further development in its financing strategy with the launch of a dual commercial paper (CP) program in both US and Euro markets via offshore special-purpose vehicles.

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India Offers Tax Holidays to Reel In Saudi Arabia’s US$100 Billion Investment Windfall

3rd June, 2025

India is pulling out all the stops to court Saudi Arabia’s mighty Public Investment Fund (PIF). In a fast-paced bid to unlock up to US$100 billion of Saudi investment, New Delhi has proposed a 10-year tax holiday on profits and sweeping exemptions on interest, dividends, and capital gains for PIF.

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Trump's Trillion-Dollar Gulf Play: Business First, Allies Second

16th May, 2025

Donald Trump's May 2025 Gulf tour wasn't a diplomatic charm offensive, it was a commercial onslaught.

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Saudi PIF Raises Billions as Vision 2030 Enters Leaner, Smarter Phase

5th May, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has engaged the debt markets again with a US$1.25 billion, seven-year sukuk - its second debt sale of 2025 - with pricing tightened from an initial 145 basis points over US Treasuries to just 110bps after drawing more than US$8.2 billion in orders.

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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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