I was 25 when I landed a job with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) almost one week after arriving in Jeddah from Boston. I was hired as part of the investment management division (IMD) team to set up the first Murabaha fund in Saudi Arabia.

Recently, I was watching an interview with Saudi Tourism Minister Ahmed Al-Khatib and his remarks about the income generated from local tourism being second after oil revenue by 2030 caught my attention. This is really music to my ears.

After a tough first round Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri, Saudi Arabia’s candidate to run the World Trade Organization (WTO), has advanced to the second stage of the selection process.

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) is launching a derivatives market, which is one of the key initiatives in the Financial Sector Development Program under the Kingdom's Vision 2030 reform plan.

Global stock market indices have been volatile since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, destabilizing the world in a way not seen since WWII.