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Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Saudi wealth bolsters WTA’s ambitions for women’s tennis

    The tour is also tapping private equity as it seeks to attract new audiences worldwide

  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Buyout group Ardian and PIF agree deal for £3.3bn stake in Heathrow

    French private equity firm and Saudi Arabian wealth fund take holdings of 38% in big shake-up of London’s busiest airport

    Heathrow airport signage
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Saudi fund invests in China effort to create rival to OpenAI

    Aramco’s Prosperity7 takes part in investment round for start-up Zhipu AI

    Zhipu AI logo and screen shot from site
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    News in-depthSaudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia scales back flagship projects

    The Line development cut back as Riyadh reconsiders priorities and how best to fund its myriad investments

    Visitors discover images and models of ’The Line’ project, during a new expo, for six months, in Riyad
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock to launch Saudi investment firm after $5bn deal with Riyadh

    Creation of subsidiary is US money manager’s latest move to build ties and win mandates in Middle East

    Yazeed Almubarak, Larry Fink, Yasir Al-Rumayyan and Yazeed Al-Humied posing for a photo
  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    Saudi Arabia transfers $163bn stake of oil producer Aramco to its wealth fund

    Kingdom’s investment group aims to finance projects to modernise its economy

    Skyline of the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Lucid Motors
    EV group Lucid admits it cannot rely on ‘bottomless wealth’ of Saudi owner

    Start-up says more fundraising is “inevitable” as it looks to cut spending and raise output

    A Lucid Air Grand Touring car on display
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    PGA Tour Inc.
    US senator vows to fight on against Saudi influence over golf

    Richard Blumenthal accused kingdom of trying to launder its image with potential PGA deal

    Canadian Nick Taylor plays a shot on his way to winning the WM Phoenix Open, part of the PGA tour, in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 11
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Accounting & Consulting services
    McKinsey and BCG warn staff face jail if they reveal Saudi work

    Senators assail consultants for helping Riyadh use ‘soft power’ to build influence in the US

    Leaders of consulting groups are sworn in before a Senate hearing
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    The message from Riyadh: you have to be on the pitch to score

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

  • Saturday, 3 February, 2024
    Scoreboard
    Golf’s power balance resets Premium content

    Plus, Carlyle co-founder gets into baseball, football’s transfer market tanks

  • 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
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    PGA Tour Inc.
    PGA Tour approves $3bn investment from consortium led by Liverpool FC owner

    Deal with Strategic Sports Group led by Fenway Sports Group comes as tour continues talks with Saudi sovereign wealth fund

    A grouping of golfers, their caddies, and entourage walk down the 16th hole fairway during the final round of the PGA Tour Farmer’s Insurance Open
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    Never miss an opportunity to do down a competitor

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

  • Tuesday, 16 January, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    More Heathrow shareholders plan to sell stakes alongside Ferrovial

    USS, Canada’s CDPQ and Singapore’s GIC push to exit, putting £2.4bn deal with Saudis and private equity at risk

    A British Airways aircraft takes off from Heathrow
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    The Top LineAnne-Sylvaine Chassany
    Saudi Arabia’s fund has a gargantuan appetite for deals

    The Public Investment Fund spent more money than Singapore’s GIC last year and the pace is likely to accelerate

    Yasir al-Rumayyan
  • Sunday, 10 December, 2023
    Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Why Saudi Arabia and private equity have landed stakes in Heathrow

    Two new shareholders, PIF and Ardian could increase their investment further as part of airport’s ownership structure

    Terminal 2, Heathrow Airport, London, UK
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    Scoreboard
    The Premier League’s £6.7bn payday Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter, Jon Rahm defects to LIV, disappointment for John Textor and Arctos buy PSG stake

  • 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
  • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
    Scoreboard
    Padel boom lures investors Premium content

    Plus, F1’s valuation race hots up, multiclub ownership divides the Premier League, and more

  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    Golf
    Talks between PGA Tour and Saudi sovereign wealth fund set to drag into 2024

    Compensation for players who stuck with the US tour and LIV’s team-golf format are among the big stumbling blocks 

    Rory McIlroy plays his second shot
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Middle Eastern finance
    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
    Sport
    Saudi Arabia-backed mixed martial arts league in talks to purchase rival

    Professional Fighters League looks to buy Bellator, as founder Donn Davis goes on acquisition drive

    Renan Ferreira celebrates after defeating Maurice Greene in a PFL match in August
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    PGA Tour Inc.
    PGA Tour to weigh outside investors as talks over Saudi tie-up continue

    Men’s professional golf organisation initiates formal bid process amid ‘unsolicited outreach’

    Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour commissioner,  speaks to people on a golf course
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