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Middle East M&A activity reached 272 transactions in H1 2026, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE accounting for 65% of the total regional deal volume.

A slight increase in IPO activity marked the second quarter of this year, with two companies listing on Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul. Both the UAE’s promising pipeline and Tadawul stock exchange’s development offer some optimism for the GCC market. Despite this, GCC market activity continues to be slow with only two IPOs on Tadawul in Q2 […]