Bloomberg Saudi Arabia started the sale of dollar-denominated Islamic bonds and is seeking to raise about $2 billion to complete the kingdom’s external funding requirements for the year. The world’s biggest oil exporter mandated BNP Paribas SA, HSBC Holdings Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Mizuho Bank and Samba Capital for the deal, according to a term sheet seen ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, on Wednesday announced the creation of Aldar Investment Properties LLC (‘Aldar Investments’), the region’s largest diversified real estate investment company. The company will take ownership of some of Abu Dhabi’s highest quality, revenue-generating real estate assets, valued at AED20 billion ($5.4 billion). Aldar Investments, ...

DAMMAM / WAM The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) announced its half year results for the six months ended June 30. The company records total income of $169.9 million as compared to $60.0. Key drivers of this strong underlying performance were a 40 percent increase in net interest income to $45.9 million, evidence of an increase of the yield and ...