Saudi PIF to Acquire 25 Percent Shareholding in Alkhorayef Petroleum
'This transaction forms part of PIF's broader efforts to deepen the manufacturing sector in Saudi Arabia'.
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'This transaction forms part of PIF's broader efforts to deepen the manufacturing sector in Saudi Arabia'.
Despite the loss, the fund’s AUM grew to approximately $595 billion thanks to a 4% share transfer from Saudi Aramco.
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) said gross assets under management (AUM) exceeded SAR 2.23 trillion ($594 billion) in 2022, from SAR 1.9 trillion ($528 billion) the previous year. International investments made up 23 percent of its AUM, worth SAR 512 billion ($136.5 billion), while 77 percent were local investments SAR1.717 trillion ($457.8 billion), PIF said in its annual report for 2022. PIF locally deployed SAR 120 billion ($32 billion) in strategic sectors and established 25 companies in 2022. It created 181,000 jobs last year.
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