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Wealth
Emerging Wealth Hub Series - Riyadh Edition
A series of white papers examining the emerging wealth hubs across the Gulf.
15 July 2025

Wealth
The Wealth Report | Middle East Edition
The 2025 Middle East edition of The Wealth Report explores how Dubai, Riyadh, and Doha are reshaping global wealth, prime property, and investment trends across the region.
14 May 2025

Economy
Riyadh Secures Expo 2030: A Triumph of Global Proportions
In a remarkable turn of events, Riyadh, the vibrant capital of Saudi Arabia, clinched the bid to host the Expo 2030 world fair, marking another diplomatic triumph for the Gulf region following Qatar's successful soccer World Cup and Expo 2020 in Dubai.
16 February 2024

Education
Understanding attitudes towards education
The second significant focus by the authorities is to boost both access to and the quality of educational institutions for the next generation of Saudis.
17 March 2023

Economy
Saudi Vision 2030 unleashes nearly US$ 1 trillion of real estate and infrastructure projects
On the real estate front, Knight Frank highlights 8 new cities that are planned NEOM alone will cost an estimated US$ 500 billion and is being positioned as a new vision for future cities Riyadh is poised to become entrenched as the commercial nerve centre for the Kingdom
04 October 2021

Government & Policy
Saudi Arabia’s Affordable Housing Challenge 2020
A detailed examination of private sector collaboration models for affordable housing projects.
01 March 2021