International Business: Saudi Arabia’s PIF increases stakes in Meta and Alphabet – Gulf Digital News

International Business: Saudi Arabia’s PIF increases stakes in Meta and Alphabet – Gulf Digital News

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund further increased its stakes in Meta and Alphabet in the third quarter of 2022, as the sovereign wealth fund continues its asset expansion plans globally, reports Arab News.

According to its latest 13F filing for the three months ending September 30, the PIF revealed it held about 3.26 million class A shares in Facebook’s parent company Meta – up from 418,000 class A shares at the end of the first quarter and 2.94m at the end June.

The filing also said the PIF had significantly increased its share in Google’s parent firm Alphabet to 4.26m capital stock class A shares at the end of the third quarter from 213,000.

The filing noted that PIF has dropped its stake of more than 8m shares in US-based electric vehicle company Hyzon Motors.

PIF kept its stake unchanged in major firms, including Amazon, Alibaba, Microsoft, PayPal, FedEx, Home Depot, Salesforce, Visa and Walmart at the end of the third quarter.

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The PIF is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, with assets valued at $620 billion, according to data released by Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute in April.

The fund is a driving factor behind Saudi Arabia’s growth for several years, and it is