Saudi Arabia's IPO Boom Faces Multiple Challenges
Saudi Arabian firms have raised about $3 billion from new share sales this year, making it one of the world's hottest IPO markets. But a series of recent setbacks is threatening to take the sheen off that boom, Bloomberg's Laura Gardner Cuesta reports on Horizons Middle East & Africa.
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