Saudi sovereign fund PIF considers investing in Ant IPO

Saudi sovereign fund PIF considers investing in Ant IPO

Photographer: Shiho Fukada/Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund PIF is weighing a potential investment in the initial public offering of Chinese financial technology firm Ant Group, which could be the world’s biggest IPO, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Ant, Alibaba’s fintech arm and China’s dominant mobile payments firm, filed for a dual listing in Hong Kong and on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style STAR Market last month.

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