Project Finance

Crunch time for Saudi project finance

Crunch time for Saudi project finance

Saudi banks are rolling in riyals. That might not be enough to plug the hole left by retrenching European lenders.

Saudi Arabia has a vast amount of infrastructure development underway, and as more projects join the pipeline, the question of who pays for them becomes more pressing.

Historically, Western banks have picked up the bill. If some now lessen local lending to shore up their own balance sheets, Saudi banks may be ill-equipped to replace them.