Saudi Arabia – Investment Banking Updates

GCC IPOs Slow in 2025: What’s Reshaping Saudi & UAE Capital Markets

Leave a Comment / Capital Markets, GCC IPOs, Investment Trends, Market Analysis, Saudi Arabia, UAE / By Owen A. Radcliffe

The Gulf IPO boom has sharply cooled in 2025, with proceeds more t...

Deal sizes have shrunk and complex or mid-sized offerings are bein...

Softer oil prices, weak first-day IPO performance, and a declining...

Secondary share sales, particularly in the UAE, now outpace primar...

HSBC Secures Regional HQ Licence for Capital Markets & Advisory in Saudi Arabia

Leave a Comment / Banking Regulation, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Middle East Finance, Saudi Arabia / By Owen A. Radcliffe

<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> Gist HSBC has received a Saudi Ministry of Investment RHQ licence for its Capital Markets & Advisory business, creating HSBC Capital RHQ in Riyadh. The RHQ consolidates regional decision-making in Saudi Arabia, tapping Programme HQ incentives and reducing regulatory fragmentation for HSBC’s Middle East investment bank. Led by Faris AlGhannam and backed …

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Evercore Secures Arranging License & Riyadh Office Amid Saudi’s Vision 2030 Capital Markets Push

Leave a Comment / Capital Markets, Financial Regulation, Investment Banking, Middle East Markets, Saudi Arabia / By Owen A. Radcliffe

Evercore has received an Arranging License from Saudi Arabia’s C...

The firm’s Saudi operations will be led by Mohammed Ali M. Aldek...

CMA reforms in 2025 expanded the Arranging License to cover activi...

Evercore’s move intensifies competition among global banks expan...