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Derayah Financial Joins Flurry of Saudi Firms Seeking a Listing

Derayah Financial Joins Flurry of Saudi Firms Seeking a Listing
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Derayah Financial Joins Flurry of Saudi Firms Seeking a Listing

Derayah Financial Joins Flurry of Saudi Firms Seeking a Listing

Saudi Arabia's Derayah Financial became the first firm to announce plans this year to float on Riyadh's main market, after it said on Thursday it was offering investors a 20% stake via an initial public offering (IPO).
The company is planning to sell 49.94 million existing shares in the IPO, it said in an intention to float document, adding the price for the offering will be determined at the end of a book-building period, without providing further details, Reuters said.
"I am excited to welcome new shareholders to join us on this journey as we continue to drive innovation, create value, and contribute to the Kingdom's ambitious economic transformation," co-founder and chairman Taha AlKuwaiz said in the document.
Founded in 2009, Derayah provides brokerage and trading services, as well as asset and wealth management solutions, with 15.1 billion riyals ($4.03 billion) in assets under management as of the end of June.
The possible listing is part of a flurry of IPOs in the Gulf driven in part by local governments' economic diversification strategy and listings by private groups and family businesses.
Saudi Arabia's red-hot IPO market saw a number of financial services firms including Rasan Information Technology and Yaqeen Capital make their market debut last year.
Others like the investment banking arm of one of the Kingdom's biggest lenders, Riyad Bank, could follow suit this year.
Derayah posted a net profit of 228 million riyals ($60.80 million) in the first half of 2024, up 70% from the same period a year earlier, it said on Thursday.
It appointed HSBC Saudi Arabia as sole financial adviser, bookrunner, global coordinator, lead manager and underwriter for the IPO.

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Türkiye Cenbank Cuts Rates by 250 Points to 45% as Expected

14 January 2025, Türkiye, Istanbul: A man seen rowing his boat along the Moda beach. Photo: Onur Dogman/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
14 January 2025, Türkiye, Istanbul: A man seen rowing his boat along the Moda beach. Photo: Onur Dogman/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Türkiye Cenbank Cuts Rates by 250 Points to 45% as Expected

14 January 2025, Türkiye, Istanbul: A man seen rowing his boat along the Moda beach. Photo: Onur Dogman/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
14 January 2025, Türkiye, Istanbul: A man seen rowing his boat along the Moda beach. Photo: Onur Dogman/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Türkiye's central bank cut its key interest rate by 250 basis points to 45% as expected on Thursday, carrying on an easing cycle it launched last month alongside a decline in annual inflation that is expected to continue.

The central bank indicated it would continue to ease policy in the months ahead, noting that it anticipated a rise in trend inflation in January, when economists expect a higher minimum wage to lift the monthly price readings, Reuters reported.
In a slight change to its guidance, the bank said it will maintain a tight stance "until price stability is achieved via a sustained decline in inflation."
Last month, it said it would be maintained until "a significant and sustained decline in the underlying trend of monthly inflation is observed and inflation expectations converge to the projected forecast range."
In a Reuters poll, all 13 respondents forecast a cut to 45% from 47.5% in the one-week repo rate. They expect it to hit 30% by year end, according to the poll median.
In December, the central bank cut rates for the first time after 18-month tightening effort that reversed years of unorthodox economic policies and easy money championed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has since supported the steps.
To tackle inflation that has soared for years, the bank had raised its policy rate by 4,150 basis points in total since mid-2023 and kept it at 50% for eight months before beginning easing.
Annual inflation dipped to 44.38% last month in what the central bank believes is a sustained fall toward a 5% target over a few more years. It topped 75% in May last year.
"While inflation expectations and pricing behavior tend to improve, they continue to pose risks to the disinflation process," the bank's policy committee said after its rate decision.
A 30% administered rise in the minimum wage for 2025 was lower than workers had requested, though it is expected to boost monthly inflation readings this month and next, economists say.
The expected January inflation rise "is mainly driven by services items with time-dependent pricing and backward indexation," the bank said.
The central bank has eight monetary policy meetings set for this year, down from 12 last year.