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Arab Energy Fund announces $600mln issuance with competitive pricing

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
September 16, 2025
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The transaction represents the fourth successful public benchmark issuance completed by TAEF in 2025. MENA-focused The Arab Energy Fund (TAEF), formerly known as APICORP, recently delivered a $600 million long five-year issuance that was priced at SOFR +75 basis points (bps). The transaction represents the fourth successful public benchmark issuance completed by TAEF in 2025, […]

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Shifting gears: how the private sector can be an engine of growth in MENA

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
June 4, 2025
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The global economy is facing heightened uncertainty, clouding economic forecasts. In our recently launched April 2025 Middle East and North Africa Economic Update , we report that growth in MENA averaged a modest 1.9% in 2024 and is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.6% in 2025. But growth forecasts for countries across the region are shadowed in […]