Search
60 stories for“regional investment”
A risk-off session in Dubai and Abu Dhabi shows how conflict, oil, aviation and investor confidence can move Gulf markets in different directions at once.
Jul 24, 2026
Weaker dividend income, higher operating costs and a bigger tax line pushed the Saudi investment house lower in the first half. Each of those pressures applies well beyond one company.
Aug 7, 2026
The latest World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum connected women-led enterprise with green, blue, creative and digital industries, producing investment commitments as well as policy language.
Aug 3, 2026
Roughly six trillion dollars of sovereign wealth now sits behind the region's funds. What that money buys, and where it is deployed, matters more to the next ten years than the oil price does.
Aug 8, 2026
Shipping, insurance and construction costs are all higher because of the Iran conflict. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pressing ahead with project awards anyway, and the reasoning is deliberate.
Aug 4, 2026
A reduced growth forecast meets strong property activity, startup funding and recovering energy exports in the UAE's mixed July economic picture.
Jul 29, 2026
The UAE enters the next period with diversified trade, services and investment buffers. Energy and shipping volatility still make credit quality and project selection important.
Aug 2, 2026
The concluded UK-GCC free-trade agreement could reshape services, procurement and investment, but companies should focus on implementation details rather than celebratory totals.
Aug 3, 2026
The kingdom's sovereign fund and America's export credit agency have agreed a memorandum worth up to fifteen billion dollars. What it is not is a committed investment.
Aug 6, 2026
The UAE’s next growth chapter combines an AED 3 trillion economic goal with regulatory modernization, talent attraction and deeper global partnerships.
Jul 28, 2026
Four years ago Etisalat surprised the market by buying into Vodafone. In July it sold the lot to a French billionaire's family vehicle. The exit says more about European regulation than about telecoms.
Aug 14, 2026
Solar, nuclear, storage, efficiency and hydrogen are being combined to support growth while building a more resilient and lower-carbon energy system.
Jul 28, 2026
Twenty banks lent Masayoshi Son more than he asked for: a two-year facility to pay off a 25.9 billion dollar bridge due today and carry a commitment that reaches 65 billion by October. Public investors were less generous.
Sep 15, 2026
The Fed and ECB are both cautious, but their economies absorb the energy shock differently. Jobs, inflation and credit conditions will decide whether the policy gap widens.
Aug 2, 2026
The IEA expects global electricity use to grow 3.6% in 2026 and 3.8% in 2027. Cooling, industry, EVs and data centers are turning power capacity into an economic constraint.
Aug 2, 2026
A $265 million World Bank package for the 300-megawatt Ifahsa pumped-storage project could unlock more solar and wind while making Morocco's grid more dependable.
Aug 3, 2026
Profit rose 29 percent as Hormuz disruption pushed crude to $108 a barrel in the second quarter. The number says more about the strait than about the company.
Aug 6, 2026
The World Gold Council's base case points to a range around $4,100, but rates, positioning and geopolitical risk leave unusually large paths on either side.
Aug 2, 2026
Solar generation is set for another record increase, but panels alone cannot solve evening peaks or connection delays. The next value pool is flexibility and networks.
Aug 2, 2026
WSTS is due to publish its second-quarter forecast update on August 3 after raising the 2026 semiconductor outlook. AI demand is strong, but concentration is the central risk.
Aug 2, 2026
Goods and services trade added about $2 trillion in the first half of 2026. Much of the rise reflects higher prices, leaving a more uneven volume story underneath.
Aug 2, 2026
Twenty announced transactions are waiting for permission to happen. The delay is not bureaucratic sloth, it is three separate review regimes that did not exist in this form a decade ago.
Aug 15, 2026
A decade after Vision 2030 was announced, the non-oil economy is the majority of Saudi output, the sovereign fund has grown roughly sixfold, and about 1.3 million more Saudi women are in work. The record is strong, and the interesting part is the method.
Aug 22, 2026
Saudi Arabia's May trade surplus rose sharply as oil exports increased and imports fell, while weaker non-oil exports show where the next test lies.
Jul 29, 2026
Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.
Aug 14, 2026
President Trump announced a joint venture holding 55 per cent of output across 17 fields, at no cost to American taxpayers. The reserves are real. Turning them into barrels is a decade of capital spending that nobody announced on Friday.
Aug 30, 2026
Non-oil activity reached 79.4 percent of national output in the first quarter, growing at 4.8 percent while the overall economy grew 3. The gap between those figures is the story.
Aug 6, 2026
Big 5 Global returns to Dubai from November 23 to 26, giving Al Wisam a major stage for equipment, technical advice and regional partnerships.
Jul 20, 2026
