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Yahsat Plans to List on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

Mubadala said that the launch of Yahsat has made a number of achievements, including attracting foreign investments to the country. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Mubadala said that the launch of Yahsat has made a number of achievements, including attracting foreign investments to the country. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Yahsat Plans to List on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

Mubadala said that the launch of Yahsat has made a number of achievements, including attracting foreign investments to the country. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Mubadala said that the launch of Yahsat has made a number of achievements, including attracting foreign investments to the country. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company on Friday announced that it has priced its initial public offering at AED2.75 ($0.7) per share.

In all, 40 percent of the company is being floated, representing 975.90 million shares.

Based on the AED2.75 a share pricing, Yahsat will have a market capitalization of around AED6.7 billion ($1.8 billion).

The Emirates Investment Authority picked up 5 percent of the final offer size.

The offering has created an opportunity for investors to participate in the growth of a leading UAE-based integrated satellite solutions services provider.

Mamoura Diversified Global Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala, will remain the majority shareholder with around 60 percent of Yahsat’s issued share capital.

Listing and trading on the ADX are expected to start on July 14.

“We are delighted that the offering has been met with substantial investor interest, both locally and internationally. It is a testament to the work and dedication of our team for more than a decade which has manifested in the strong business, operational and financial platform we have today," Yahsat CEO Ali Al Hashemi said in a statement.

"We are dedicated to ensuring we meet and exceed investor expectations as we continue to grow by expanding our geographical reach, while continuously innovating and driving new technologies to meet the local, regional, and global demand for reliable satellite connectivity and solutions.”

Yahsat has operations in more than 150 countries. The company was established in the UAE in 2007 to meet the growing demand for satcom services.

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Federal Reserve Cuts Key Interest Rate by a Quarter-point

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, US, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, US, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
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Federal Reserve Cuts Key Interest Rate by a Quarter-point

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, US, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, US, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter-point in response to the steady decline in the once-high inflation that had angered Americans and helped drive Donald Trump’s presidential election victory this week.
The rate cut follows a larger half-point reduction in September, and it reflects the Fed’s renewed focus on supporting the job market as well as fighting inflation, which now barely exceeds the central bank’s 2% target, The Associated Press reported.
Asked at a news conference how Trump's election might affect the Fed's policymaking, Chair Jerome Powell said that "in the near term, the election will have no effects on our (interest rate) decisions.”
But Trump’s election, beyond its economic consequences, has raised the specter of meddling by the White House in the Fed’s policy decisions. Trump has argued that as president, he should have a voice in the central bank’s interest rate decisions. The Fed has long guarded its role as an independent agency able to make difficult decisions about borrowing rates, free from political interference. Yet in his previous term in the White House, Trump publicly attacked Powell after the Fed raised rates to fight inflation, and he may do so again.
Asked whether he would resign if Trump asked him to, Powell, who will have a year left in his second four-year term as Fed chair when Trump takes office, replied simply, “No.”
And Powell said that in his view, Trump could not fire or demote him: It would “not be permitted under the law,” he said.
Thursday’s Fed rate cut reduced its benchmark rate to about 4.6%, down from a four-decade high of 5.3%. The Fed had kept its rate that high for more than a year to fight the worst inflation streak in four decades. Annual inflation has since fallen from a 9.1% peak in mid-2022 to a 3 1/2-year low of 2.4% in September.
When its latest policy meeting ended Thursday, the Fed issued a statement noting that the "unemployment rate has moved up but remains low,” and while inflation has fallen closer to the 2% target level, it “remains somewhat elevated.”
After their rate cut in September — their first such move in more than four years — the policymakers had projected that they would make further quarter-point cuts in November and December and four more next year. But with the economy now mostly solid and Wall Street anticipating faster growth, larger budget deficits and higher inflation under a Trump presidency, further rate cuts may have become less likely. Rate cuts by the Fed typically lead over time to lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
Powell declined to be pinned down Thursday on whether the Fed would proceed with an additional quarter-point rate cut in December or the four rate cuts its policymakers penciled in for 2025.