Saudi Arabian and Egyptian stocks fell on Sunday, in one of the first signs of the US-Iran war hitting the region’s financial markets.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stepped up criticism of Iran’s attacks across the region, while they and other Gulf states coordinate to try to halt what they’ve called “treacherous” and “heinous” actions by Tehran.

Saudi Arabian and Egyptian stocks fell on Sunday, in one of the first signs of the US-Iran war hitting the region’s financial markets.

Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund has asked a top executive charged with helping drive local development to also oversee its investment strategy, a move that hints at a further pivot towards the domestic economy.

Several Saudi Arabian firms are pressing ahead with plans for local listings, testing investor appetite in Riyadh at a time when volatile oil prices and geopolitical risks have weighed on the benchmark index.

About a decade ago, Saudi Arabia picked a veteran banker to help set up a debt-market program that’s since transformed the kingdom into one of the most prolific bond issuers globally. His next task is to help Riyadh draw in overseas cash and triple annual foreign direct investment to $100 billion by 2030.

Richard Attias & Associates, the organizer of Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative summit that attracts Wall Street titans to Riyadh every year, has tapped a roster of banks to work on its planned initial public offering.

Saudi Arabia’s markets regulator is being urged to rethink its push to give local retail investors a larger share of initial public offerings, amid concerns the effort risks further weakening listing performance.

In a matter of months, Saudi Arabia has frozen rents, opened property ownership to foreigners, relaxed liquor laws and freed its stock market to investors everywhere.

A little-known Abu Dhabi firm is raising capital for what’s set to be one of the Middle East’s largest private credit funds, aiming to fill financing gaps created by a credit squeeze in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian equities dropped the most in almost ten months on Sunday as a global metals selloff hit local miners and speculation intensified over the possibility of military attacks involving the US, Iran and Israel.

After telegraphing a more pragmatic stance on spending for months, Saudi Arabia is starting to make the tough decisions. In quick succession, the kingdom has ordered sweeping reviews at its most ambitious projects spread across Neom, Jeddah, and even Riyadh.

After telegraphing a more pragmatic stance on spending for months, Saudi Arabia is starting to make the tough decisions. In quick succession, the kingdom has ordered sweeping reviews at its most ambitious projects spread across Neom, Jeddah, and even Riyadh.

Middle East businesses are watching tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with increasing nervousness, concerned it could impact commerce at a time when both nations are emerging as powerhouses of regional trade and finance.

Middle East businesses are watching tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with increasing nervousness, concerned it could impact commerce at a time when both nations are emerging as powerhouses of regional trade and finance.

Middle East businesses are watching tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with increasing nervousness, concerned it could impact commerce at a time when both nations are emerging as powerhouses of regional trade and finance.

Saudi Arabian developers’ shares jumped the most in four months as the kingdom began implementing new laws allowing foreigners to own a wider range of local real estate assets, including in the holy cities of Mecca and Madinah.

The Arab Energy Fund has received regulatory approval in China to raise up to 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) through yuan‑denominated bonds, paving the way for what could be among the largest panda bond programs from the Middle East.

One of the Middle East’s oldest state-backed investors is pushing further into private equity in search of new energy deals.

Saudi Arabian firm Jadwa Investment Co. is seeking to raise as much as $200 million for its flagship private credit fund as it attempts to tap into a rush of new deals arising from the need for alternative financing in the Gulf.