COMPANY: The Yanbu National Petrochemical Company (YANSAB) was established in 2005 by royal decree. The company’s stated purpose was to create a petrochemical complex in the Yanbu industrial city on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. YANSAB is a subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, better...
COMPANY: Founded in 1978, and headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Al Rajhi Bank is the largest provider of Islamic banking products in the Arab world. The bank operates through a network of 528 branches and employs 10,603 staff across the Kingdom and overseas. The bank’s operations are largely...
COMPANY: Dar Al Arkan (DAAR) is the largest listed real estate developer in Saudi Arabia. Land sale has been the company’s major source of revenue in recent years, though it is working towards diversification by increasing its recurring income stream. The company’s land bank spans Riyadh, Medina,...
As the largest and most liquid bourse in the MENA region, the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) accounts for around 50% of the GCC equity market, and yet it is one of the most difficult to access for foreign investors (although this is set to change when the market opens up in 2015). Gaining exposure to the nation’s listed firms, many of which...
Saudi Arabia’s demographic profile helps to explain the significant position of remittances in the nation’s current account. After a number of years of net emigration, the turn of this century saw a reversal of trend to produce a net immigration rate of 19.6 migrants for every 1000 people between 2000 and 2005, according to the UN Economic and...
For GCC states seeking to diversify their economies away from a reliance on hydrocarbon revenues, the development of a vibrant small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector is a strategic priority. Saudi Arabia shares this ambition, but holds an advantage over many of its neighbours in that SMEs already account for around 90% of the country’s...
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