Bloomberg Aker ASA, the investment company controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke, is considering a sale of offshore-engineering business Aker Solutions ASA, according to people familiar with the matter. Aker ASA, which owns more than a third of Aker Solutions via a holding company with the Norwegian government and a direct stake, is discussing options with potential adviser …

  Bloomberg Kuwait Investment Authority is planning to manage more of its own assets as the world’s fifth-largest sovereign wealth fund seeks to take more risk to boost returns. The KIA, as the fund is known, wants to increase the allocation of funds managed in-house to as much as 8 percent from 1 or 2 percent at present, Managing Director …

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s growth this year will be “significantly higher” than the International Monetary Fund’s new forecast, according to Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan. Economic expansion will be “north of 1 percent,” Al-Jadaan said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The IMF lowered its forecast to 0.4 percent from 2 percent in its World Economic …