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Riyadh to Host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December

Riyadh will host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December.
Riyadh will host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December.
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Riyadh to Host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December

Riyadh will host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December.
Riyadh will host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December.

Riyadh is preparing to host the 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit in December to discuss the latest developments in the domestic and international real estate sector.

The summit is slated to bring together a large group of real estate leaders and decision-makers who will share knowledge, best practices, outcome of research and development, and aspects of industry development.

The summit, held with the support and sponsorship of the Real Estate General Authority, will be held amid wide-scale movement in the sector, both locally and globally.

Bringing together a select group of real estate developers, investors and members of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI), the summit will also be an opportunity to highlight the pioneering role of the Kingdom in the real estate sector.

Moreover, it will feature major achievements made by the real estate and housing sector in the Kingdom, both in terms of relevant legislation and of major technological and digital developments, which have contributed to regulating the real estate sector and attracting local and international considerable real estate investment.

Real Estate General Authority CEO Eng. Abdullah bin Saud Al-Hammad said the summit this year will be an important platform to share the Kingdom's experience in the real estate sector and highlight its achievements, especially in regards to legislation, in line with the applicable objectives set out in Vision 2030.

The 42nd FIABCI Global Leadership Summit is expected to draw a large number of local and international real estate leaders, developers and investors, in addition to FIABCI members and keynote speakers from more than 110 countries who will take part in discussions and specialized workshops.

Discussions will tackle, among others, efforts to develop the real estate sector in international and regional markets.

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(FILES) Scott Bessent, head of Key Square Group and former chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, attends the second day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho.(Photo by Drew ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
(FILES) Scott Bessent, head of Key Square Group and former chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, attends the second day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho.(Photo by Drew ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
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Trump Taps Scott Bessent for Treasury

(FILES) Scott Bessent, head of Key Square Group and former chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, attends the second day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho.(Photo by Drew ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
(FILES) Scott Bessent, head of Key Square Group and former chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, attends the second day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho.(Photo by Drew ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

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"I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," Trump said in a statement released on Truth Social. "Scott is widely respected as one of the world's foremost international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists."

Wall Street has been closely watching who Trump will pick, especially given his plans to remake global trade through tariffs and extend and potentially expand the raft of tax cuts enacted during his first term, Reuters reported
The choice came after days of deliberations by Trump as he sorted through a shifting list of candidates. Bessent spent day after day at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida providing economic advice, sources said, a proximity to the president-elect that may have helped him prevail.
Other names that had been floated included Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Marc Rowan and former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh. Investor John Paulson had also been a leading candidate, but dropped out, while Wall Street veteran Howard Lutnick, another contender, was appointed as head of the Commerce Department.
Bessent, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has advocated for tax reform and deregulation, particularly to spur more bank lending and energy production, as noted in a recent opinion piece he wrote for The Wall Street Journal.
The market's surge after Trump's election victory, he wrote, signaled investor expectations of "higher growth, lower volatility and inflation, and a revitalized economy for all Americans."
"Bessent has been on the side of less aggressive tariffs," said Oxford Economics' Ryan Sweet, adding that picking him makes the steep tariffs Trump proposed on the campaign trail less likely.
Bessent follows other financial luminaries who have taken the job, including former Goldman Sachs executives Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson and Steven Mnuchin, Trump's first Treasury chief. Janet Yellen, the current secretary and first woman in the job, previously chaired the Federal Reserve and White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, Bessent's home state, said in a statement: "President Trump's economic agenda is in good hands with Scott Bessent. I look forward to working closely with Scott and President Trump to lower inflation and create the golden age of prosperity for the American people."