Saudi Arabia's government-owned fund Sanabil Investments has acquired a 20 percent stake in Ebrahim Mohammed Almana & Brothers Co, the owner of the Almana General Hospitals (AGH), a statement from one of the advisers said on Sunday. No financial terms were disclosed in the statement from GIB Capital, the financial adviser to AGH, but it said the transaction formed part of Sanabil's strategy to invest in, and to help diversify, the Saudi economy.
Wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Sanabil was set up in 2009 with 20 billion riyals ($5.33 billion) of initial capital and a mandate to invest in less conservative assets - as opposed to the kingdom's traditional stance which has been to park large sums in low-risk US Treasuries.
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