Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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A sign marks the headquarters of State Street Bank in Boston, Massachusetts May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Investors Get Stung Twice by Executives’ Lavish Pay Packages

by Gretchen Morgenson | Jul 15, 2016 | Business

It’s a frustrating fact of life for many mutual fund investors: Even if they’re distressed by outsize executive compensation at public companies whose shares they indirectly own, chances are good that the votes cast by their investment managers actually encourage...

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Goldman Sachs sign is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Libyan Fund Claims Goldman Sachs Exploited Its Financial Naïveté

by Chad Bray | Jun 22, 2016 | Business

LONDON — After years of international isolation under the rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, Libya sought to emulate its Middle Eastern neighbors by creating a sovereign wealth fund in 2006 to invest the proceeds from its sale of oil. The North African nation soon...

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Hamdan bin Mohammad: Dubai Investment Forum Presents a Model for Future Sustainable Investment

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 20, 2016 | Business

Dubai- Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has said that the annual Dubai Investment Forum has proven successful in presenting a model for the future of strategic sustainable investment,...

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A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 160 km (99 miles) from Riyadh, June 23, 2008. State oil giant Saudi Aramco is adamant the biggest new field in its plan to raise oil capacity will arrive bang on schedule in June next year. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Increase in Saudi Natural Gas Reserve … Private Sector Labor Force Grows 4.7 Percent

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jun 18, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-Bolstering the efforts exerted for implementing the Saudi vision on diversifying power sources, recent annual statistics released by Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) exhibit a notable increase in the Kingdom’s natural gas reserve at a 1.4 percent rate in...

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A Sudanese farmer prepares his land for irrigation on the banks of the river Nile in Khartoum./ REUTERS

Sudan Sets a Private Plan for Saudi Investments

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | May 25, 2016 | Business

Riyadh – Sudanese official revealed that Sudan has allocated over one million acres for Saudi agricultural investment in Sudan designed to conform with Saudi Vision 2030 comprising 18 recommendations to invest in the country. He revealed that Sudan’s agricultural...