Collectively, the Saudi Arabian insurance industry has seen five years of double-digit growth in both revenue and net profit. However, the positive performance of a few of the Kingdom’s largest insurers masks more modest results from many of its smaller firms, some of which have accumulated debts over many years. Although industry experts...
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One of the most standout alternative investment stories to emerge from Saudi Arabia over the past two years is the growing interest in initial public offering (IPO) funds as investment vehicles. The Kingdom has long been a centre of mutual fund activity, thanks to the size of the domestic market and the community of sophisticated investors...
The story of the Kingdom’s alternative investment market is one of potential. While Saudi Arabia is a regional leader in mutual fund activity and has led the recent GCC expansion of the segment both in terms of fund classes and volumes, in areas such as private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), growth has been less brisk. Recent years,...
Tracking venture capital (VC) activity in the MENA region is a difficult undertaking. A recent report published by the MENA Private Equity Association (MENAPEA), the non-profit entity that represents the region’s most prominent alternative asset managers, estimated that up to 30% of MENA private equity (PE) and VC transactions are not...
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