Global financial communications and investor relations firm launches in Saudi Arabia

H+K Financial, the specialist financial communications and investor relations advisory firm, has launched in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help businesses navigate the turbulent capital markets and the greater demand for rigorous corporate governance and transparency.

The launch event hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal at the Ritz Carlton, Riyadh, was attended by representatives from the Capital Market Authority, and chairmen, chief executives and chief financial officers of many of Saudi Arabia’s leading public companies and family owned businesses.  

His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal, chairman of ATF Strategies and Hill+Knowlton in the Kingdom, commented:  “In an increasingly globalized world, H+K Financial addresses the growing demand for world class financial communications and investor relations services as companies seek to raise their profiles and gain access to international capital markets, while upgrading their corporate governance.  

“Through H+K’s network of 90 offices in all the major global financial centres including London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Shanghai, the firm also provides access for Saudi Arabian companies to reach major global capital markets while attracting international investors to growth opportunities in the Kingdom.” 

Staffed by 60 advisors with professional backgrounds in investment banking, equity research and financial journalism, H+K Financial is the communications advisor to the Middle East Investor Relations Society.  

Its investor relations certified practitioners provide full corporate and financial communications services including advisory services on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), fund raises, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructurings.

Bobby Morse and Andrew Bone, founding partners of H+K Financial, said:  “This is a challenging time for listed businesses with the current uncertainty in capital markets across the region and internationally.  At the same time, developments such as the opening of the Tadawul to qualified foreign investors and the global expansion of successful family owned Saudi conglomerates, often through international joint ventures, places greater onus on corporate governance and reporting standards.”