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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Abu Dhabi steps in to ease Egypt’s currency crisis with $35bn investment

    Cash for Mediterranean development could unlock IMF deal for most populous Arab country, say analysts

  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
    Media
    Barclay family pledges UK businesses for Abu Dhabi loans in Telegraph bid

    Filings show that companies including the Very Group have new charges linked to an IMI deal

    A customer buy a copy of the Daily Telegraph
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    News in-depthTechnology sector
    ‘Strings attached’: Saudi Arabia steps up demands in tech deals with China

    Alibaba and SenseTime secure huge joint ventures in Gulf kingdom but agreements come with stringent requirements

    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    US foreign policy
    McKinsey and BCG accused of withholding information on Saudi ties

    Senator says consultancies have not complied with subpoena seeking details of their work for the kingdom

    Logos of McKinsey and BCG
  • Sunday, 14 January, 2024
    Middle East
    Reinsurers pull back from Israel and Middle East risks

    Firms inserting get-out clauses into policies to protect against a full-scale regional conflict

    A neon sign in Tel reads ‘bring them home’ referring to the Israeli hostages held in Gaza
  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    Financial services
    Saudi-backed fund hit as UAE oil storage Spac runs into trouble

    Brooge listed on Nasdaq as part of acquisition vehicle boom but has since had two Big Four auditors resign

    Oil facilities in the emirate of Fujairah
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Global Economy
    China deepens ties with Saudi Arabia at Hong Kong gathering

    Beijing and Riyadh are expanding their economic relationship as they seek to reduce reliance on the US and its allies

    Xi Jinping, Mohammed bin Salman and the Chinese and Saudi Arabian flags
  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Gulf funds increase investment in south-east Asia as China retreats

    Sovereign funds from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are making deals in rare bright spot for region

    Doha West Bay financial district, Qatar
  • Monday, 4 December, 2023
    Barclays PLC
    Qatar slashes stake in Barclays with £510mn share sale

    Sovereign wealth fund makes move amid pressure on bank to improve its performance

    Barclays sign
  • Monday, 4 December, 2023
    Rocco Forte Hotels Ltd
    Saudi Arabia buys 49% of Rocco Forte’s luxury hotel chain

    Country’s $700bn Public Investment Fund plans to invest tens of millions to double the chain’s portfolio in five years

    Rocco Forte
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    Heathrow
    Saudi PIF and Ardian to buy 25% stake in Heathrow airport for £2.4bn

    Ferrovial selling holdings after 17 years

    Heathrow airport arrivals
  • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
    News in-depthMedia
    Abu Dhabi’s media record under scrutiny after Telegraph deal offer

    Gulf state funding RedBird IMI’s bid for UK newspaper has sought to build English-speaking media assets for past 15 years

    A montage of The Daily Telegraph newspaper, the Spectator magazine and the Etihad Towers
  • Monday, 20 November, 2023
    Daily Telegraph
    Zucker’s RedBird IMI offers to take over Telegraph in debt for equity deal

    Abu Dhabi-backed group run by former CNN boss agrees to help Barclay family pay off its loans

    A copy of The Daily Telegraph
  • Sunday, 19 November, 2023
    Telegraph Media Group Ltd
    MPs urge use of UK national security law to vet Barclay family’s Telegraph deal

    Tories concerned that family’s offer to repay media group’s £1.1bn debt will use funding from Abu Dhabi

    Copies of the Spectator and Daily Telegraph
  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    US targets China, Turkey and UAE in latest Russia sanctions

    Companies and individuals are listed for helping Moscow in its war in Ukraine

    Janet Yellen
  • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
    UBS Group AG
    UBS extends $9bn credit line to former Qatar prime minister

    Swiss bank seeks to hold on to Middle Eastern wealthy following staff upheaval

    Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
    ‘There is no work’: war with Hamas hits Israel’s economy

    Economists forecast sharp contraction and big government deficits as fears mount of extended conflict

    Montage of the Tel Aviv skyline and charts
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Financiers stick to ‘Davos in the Desert’ plans despite Middle East war

    Larry Fink, Jamie Dimon and Jane Fraser among those expected at Saudi investment conference

    Participants at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh last year
  • Sunday, 15 October, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    Israel-Hamas war sends jitters through neighbours’ debt markets

    Borrowing costs for Jordan and Egypt rise as investors price in greater risk for owning their bonds

    Demonstrators wave the Palestinian flag during protests in the Jordanian capital of Amman
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Telegraph Media Group Ltd
    Daily Mail in talks over Qatari funding for Telegraph bid

    Gulf finance in demand as rival media groups circle conservative broadsheet

    A copy of the Daily Telegraph
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Sport
    Saudi Arabia makes first move in mixed martial arts by taking stake in league

    Deal with Professional Fighters League will establish Middle East competition

    Two mixed martial arts female fighters
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Reliance Retail
    Qatar sovereign wealth fund to invest $1bn in India’s Reliance Retail Ventures

    Bet on country’s growing middle class values Mukesh Ambani’s shopping company at $100bn

    Customers ride an escalator at a Reliance mall in Mumbai, India
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Hedge funds
    Lure of sovereign wealth fuels hedge fund rush to Dubai

    Low tax and booming internal job market helps emirate cement position as a global industry hub

    The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Luxury goods
    Kering buys 30% stake in Valentino from Qatari fund

    French luxury group has option to purchase full control of Italian fashion house within 5 years

    Model pon catwalk at Valentino’s Winter/Autumn show
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    Qatar Investment Authority
    Qatar sovereign fund seeks stake in Mukesh Ambani’s retail arm

    QIA considers investing in Reliance as Indian conglomerate looks to expand consumer businesses

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