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  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

    Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan’s Capcom and Nexon

  • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi government transfers 4% Aramco stake to sovereign wealth fund

    Injection worth about $80bn comes as PIF plans to raise public debt

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund assigned debut credit ratings

    State-owned $500bn fund prepares to raise public debt to fund spending and investment commitments

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Newcastle’s Saudi deal is shocking, not surprising

    The Premier League should spell out why the buyers are suitable owners

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    Newcastle United Football Co Ltd
    How a Saudi-led consortium won control of Newcastle United

    Deal for Tyneside football club was pitched on a megayacht on the Red Sea and overcame concerns about piracy and murder

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Newcastle United’s capital expenditure crisis, charted

    How not to spend it.

  • Friday, 8 October, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle takeover proves money conquers all Premium content

    Plus, the tale of a $10tn Wall Street titan and the SoftBank-backed hotel start-up looking for its big break in India

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    Football
    Saudi-led consortium completes £305m Newcastle United takeover

    Sovereign wealth fund overcomes piracy and human rights concerns to buy Premier League football club

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Football
    Thaw between Saudis and Qatar raises hopes for Newcastle United deal

    Bid for football club collapsed last year after failing to win approval from the Premier League

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    News in-depthSaudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia’s grandiose climate plans struggle to take off

    Sceptics question whether kingdom’s pledge to lead ‘next green era’ will be matched with tangible action

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Investor no-show puts $24bn Lucid Motors Spac deal in jeopardy

    Crucial vote fails to rustle up enough support from retail shareholders for transaction

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    LexMcLaren Group Ltd
    McLaren/Saudi Arabia: IPO plans take a pit stop Premium content

    Carmaker says it is now well-positioned but making pricey sports car is an expensive business

  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    Reliance Industries Ltd
    Ambani’s Reliance appoints head of Saudi wealth fund to board

    Addition of PIF’s Rumayyan underscores efforts to remake family-run Indian conglomerate

  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Courting a prince: Lex Greensill’s adventures in Saudi Arabia Premium content

    It involved a desert camping trip and former British prime minister David Cameron

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Lex of Arabia: how Greensill and Cameron tried to woo MBS

    Financier boasted of desert trip with former prime minister and Mohammed bin Salman

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    ExplainerWorld13 min
    Saudi Arabia's mega-project: a 170km 'line' city through the desert

    A car-free city built in a straight line through a remote part of Saudi Arabia is MBS's grand plan. Will it succeed?

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Lucid Spac deal makes Saudi wealth fund a big winner Premium content

    The kingdom’s Public Investment Fund cashes in on the blank-cheque boom

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    News in-depthSaudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia’s central bank faces biggest overhaul in decades

    More of country’s petrodollar wealth likely to be used to back Mohammed bin Salman’s grandiose plans

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
    Saudi wealth fund in talks to lure health and technology companies

    Public Investment Fund in push to have foreign groups set up operations in the kingdom

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia steps up domestic investment as low oil prices and coronavirus bite

    PIF sovereign wealth fund to invest $40bn annually in country over next 5 years

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium content

    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Special ReportArab World: Banking and Finance
    Gulf states turn inward as they face diminishing resources

    Pandemic and falling oil prices are piling the pressure on economies

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The most influential global dealmaker of 2020 Premium content

    Inside the relentless rise of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    Due Diligence
    SoftBank: the crystal ball is broken Premium content

    A selling spree and foray into US stock markets has left investors and others wondering what the group now is

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Football
    Newcastle claims Premier League shot down £300m Saudi takeover

    Football club’s statement contradicts governing body’s version of why the deal fell through

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