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Century Financial’s Arun Leslie John on why 2025 mattered—and what investors in the UAE and Saudi public markets should watch in the new year.

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This is the last story in the special year-end series where we speak to industry leaders on the year that went by, and what to look out for in 2026.
2025 has been nothing short of a whirlwind for public markets in the Emirates as well as Saudi Arabia. Both countries and their three markets—Dubai’s DFM, Abu Dhabi’s ADX and Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul— saw their fair share of good days and bad.
In the Emirates, we saw a host of follow-on offerings but not as many fresh ones—a change that many analysts say signals maturity. We also saw a big …
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Views on the latest happenings in business and economy from our ME Editor