LEAP 24 concludes with $13.4bn investments, record participation

Investments approach $13bn as LEAP 2024 hits halfway stage

• The world's most attended technology exhibition, unveiled another raft of investments totaling over US$888 million on Wednesday.
• Investcorp launched of a US$500 million growth stage fund, while Oasis Capital launched Fund II with capital of US$100 million.

SEC 2023 net profit $2.74bn

• In a Tadawul disclosure, the decrease in net profit was attributed to the higher operating and maintenance costs due to growing business and operating assets.
• The company's Tadawul disclosure said that its Q4 2023 loss widened to SAR 2 billion from SAR 190.6 million a year earlier.

Arcapita Capital closes $500m fund

• Arcapita said in a statement that it has already deployed a substantial amount of the fund in a sizable portfolio of industrial real estate assets.
• Over the coming months, the firm expects to execute on a pipeline of further assets situated in strategic locations across Riyadh, Jeddah, and the Eastern Province.

TECOM 2023 net profit $299m

• The approved cash dividend payment is in line with the dividend policy set out in the IPO prospectus
• TECOM Group committed to paying a dividend amount of $217 million per annum through September 2025.

Facebook, Instagram services restored after widespread outages

• A Meta Spokesman said the issue was resolved for "everyone who was impacted"
• Facebook is the world's largest social media platform with three billion active users

PIF, Mumtalakat collaborate to boost investment opportunities in Bahrain

• Mumtalakat Holding Company owns shares in more than 50 commercial companies covering a variety of sectors.
• Through this agreement, PIF seeks to increase its investments in multiple targeted sectors in Bahrain.

ADES 2023 profit $120m

• The increase in net profit is a result of the revenue growth by 75.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 4.33 billion, Argaam reported.
• In Q4 2023, net profit fell 24 percent YoY to SAR 169 million from SAR 222.3 million in Q4 2022.

Parkin IPO price AED2-2.1

• It also announced the start of the subscription period for the IPO on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM).
• The Dubai Investment Fund (selling shareholder) expects to sell more than 749 million ordinary shares.

Middle East saw surge in new CEO appointments in 2023: Report

• The region averaged 16 percent, with Saudi Arabia leading with an impressive 20 percent, according to 2023 Route to the Top report by Heidrick & Struggles.
• This trend is paralleled by markets such as Poland and Switzerland, with similarly high rates of new appointments.