{"id":113870,"date":"2026-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/04\/08\/uae-ipos-are-officially-in-wait-and-see-mode\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:15:44","slug":"uae-ipos-are-officially-in-wait-and-see-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/04\/08\/uae-ipos-are-officially-in-wait-and-see-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE IPOs are officially in \u2018wait-and-see\u2019 mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"> <strong>The UAE\u2019s IPO pipeline has officially slipped into wait-and-see mode<\/strong>, with execution windows for 1H 2026 effectively closed as the regional conflict rattles market sentiment, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/04\/07\/uae-ipos-slip-into-wait-and-see-mode-as-war-hits-execution\/\">EnterpriseAM UAE reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Big-ticket listings are being pushed to late Q3 or Q4<\/strong>, including offerings by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/ca682210-f8e1-43f9-8975-2fe56c765b52\/could-etihad-airways\">Etihad Airways<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/6675b0ae-8e52-4e2f-9ea4-82ac5e5efd03\/%3Cmark%3Edubai-holding%3C\/mark%3E-mulls-ipos-for-commercial-and-residential-property-units\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/6675b0ae-8e52-4e2f-9ea4-82ac5e5efd03\/%3Cmark%3Edubai-holding%3C\/mark%3E-mulls-ipos-for-commercial-and-residential-property-units\">Dubai Holding\u2019s property units<\/a>, while <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/emirates-global-aluminium-taps-investors-ahead-of-ipo\/\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/02\/03\/emirates-global-aluminium-taps-investors-ahead-of-ipo\/\">Emirates Global Aluminium<\/a> grapples with damaged infrastructure after an Iranian attack. Despite foreign investors <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/04\/02\/dfm-and-adx-reel-from-steepest-monthly-declines-in-years-amid-regional-strain\/\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/04\/02\/dfm-and-adx-reel-from-steepest-monthly-declines-in-years-amid-regional-strain\/\">pulling AED 1.06 bn<\/a> from both the ADX and DFM in March, issuers look more likely to kick to a different window than they are to go offshore, suggesting that domestic liquidity (including the omnipresent promise of sovereign capital\u2026) is the ultimate backstop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Abu Dhabi\u2019s Mubadala Capital blew past its initial target to raise USD 900 mn for its third <\/strong><strong>Brazil fund<\/strong>, drawing backing from international pension funds and private investors alongside a USD 250 mn anchor from its parent, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d1ed7133-718a-4418-aff2-4b93ebb9daad?syn-25a6b1a6=1\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d1ed7133-718a-4418-aff2-4b93ebb9daad?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">Financial Times<\/a> reports. A third of the capital has already been deployed into distressed Brazilian assets. The fund is showing no sign of backing away from its overseas strategy despite some pundits <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/03\/06\/abu-dhabi-sovereign-wealth-funds-could-repurpose-their-strategies-toward-critical-sectors-in-case-of-a-war-escalation\/\">suggesting<\/a> that it might pivot inward to plug domestic infrastructure risks amid ongoing attacks from Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"> <strong>Saudi retail giant BinDawood\u2019s acquisition spree continues: <\/strong>BinDawood Holding bought a 51% stake in food manufacturer Vaza for SAR 217.9 mn, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saudiexchange.sa\/wps\/portal\/saudiexchange\/newsandreports\/issuer-news\/issuer-announcements\/issuer-announcements-details\/?anId=94250&amp;anCat=1&amp;cs=4161&amp;locale=en\">Tadawul disclosure<\/a>. The retail giant is using the deal to push into premium confectionery and specialty foods. It\u2019s the latest in a string of acquisitions \u2014 including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/62a90941-ec32-43db-9e7d-182155abcdaf\/%3cmark%3ebindawood%3c%2Fmark%3e-closes-zahrat-al-rawdah-pharmacies-acquisition\">Zahrat Al Rawdah<\/a> ; a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bindawoodholding.com\/media\/strategic-expansion-bindawood-holding-acquires-51-of-toy-triangle-company\/\">majority stake<\/a> in toy distributor Toy Triangle; and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2025\/12\/25\/dream-of-the-desert-gets-italian-backing-bindawood-expands-in-uae-and-fipco-diversifies-into-construction\/\">51% stake<\/a> in Dubai-based Wonder Bakery \u2014 as BinDawood builds out well beyond its grocery roots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Aramco Ventures backed US-based industrial separations player Via Separations in a<\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wamda.com\/2026\/04\/aramco-ventures-backs-separations-36-million-round\"><\/a><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wamda.com\/2026\/04\/aramco-ventures-backs-separations-36-million-round\">USD 36 mn funding round<\/a><\/strong> to scale its modular filtration platform \u2014 currently applied to pulp and paper \u2014 into the refining and chemicals sectors. It\u2019s a targeted play by the Saudi energy giant to acquire technologies it needs to drive efficiency and cut emissions across its own industrial assets. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Egyptian fintech<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/luckyegypt.com\/en\"><\/a> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/luckyegypt.com\/en\">Lucky<\/a><\/strong> <strong> secured USD 23 mn in a series \u2018B\u2019 mix of equity and debt,<\/strong> drawing capital from Suez Canal Bank and OneStop alongside existing backers Disruptech Ventures and Nclude, per a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/350.pdf\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/4\/350.pdf\">statement (pdf)<\/a>. Lucky will use the injection to grow its credit products, expand across North Africa, and build the regulatory and technical backend for a transition into neo-banking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">ALSO WORTH KNOWING TODAY-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Egypt is temporarily listing five state-owned firms on the EGX today<\/strong>, opening a six-month window for the entities to get their paperwork and finances in order before active trading begins. The Madbouly government is looking to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/04\/05\/egypt-looks-to-restart-privatization-push-with-five-new-egx-filings\/\">restart its privatization push<\/a> \u2014 who is interested in recycled state-owned enterprises in the absence of a significant marketing effort is very much an open question. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Al Rajhi Capital<\/strong> locked down SAR 2.5 bn in facility agreements from <strong>Al Rajhi Bank<\/strong> and <strong>Saudi <\/strong><strong>Awwal<\/strong> to refinance debt and fund future acquisitions, per a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saudiexchange.sa\/wps\/portal\/saudiexchange\/newsandreports\/issuer-news\/issuer-announcements\/issuer-announcements-details\/?anId=94266&amp;anCat=1&amp;cs=4340&amp;locale=en\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saudiexchange.sa\/wps\/portal\/saudiexchange\/newsandreports\/issuer-news\/issuer-announcements\/issuer-announcements-details\/?anId=94266&amp;anCat=1&amp;cs=4340&amp;locale=en\">Tadawul disclosure<\/a>. Al Rajhi Bank committed SAR 1.75 bn of the total.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">Cairo-born <strong>Ades Holding<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPC.SYR\/posts\/pfbid02g31uLKAcinam2XC8FZxh4Udoxdj8yfncm4XqzmaGFEvLWfnE3V1cNVqq3MASMbZcl\">inked<\/a> a contract with <strong>Syrian Petroleum<\/strong> to maintain and develop gas fields in Syria. The agreement targets a 25% production increase within six months, rising to 50% by year\u2019s end. The Syrian Petroleum Company recently restarted production at fields in north-eastern Syria relinquished after years of Kurdish control, but more than a decade of military and economic turmoil has left the fields and related infrastructure \u2014 including pipelines \u2014 severely degraded, with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/165bb585-0107-4fa5-893a-4d51e7dc4631?syn-25a6b1a6=1\">industry insiders<\/a> saying it would take years to bring them back to full capacity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>IBF &amp; Company<\/strong> finalized its acquisition of a stake in industrial storage manufacturer <strong>Techno <\/strong><strong>Metal<\/strong> in a deal valuing the target at roughly EGP 500 mn (USD 9.1 mn) \u2014 a push deeper into logistics on the heels of its December acquisition of a 50% stake in cross-border trade platform <strong>Diatom CBT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">Saudi luxury flash-sale platform <strong>Maison Safqa<\/strong> closed a USD 620k pre-seed round anchored by <strong>500 Global<\/strong> and the founder of European flash-seller <strong>Ventes Exclusives<\/strong>. The capital will fund a doubling of its brand portfolio to 100 and the launch of offline sales events in Riyadh and Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s push to privatize its <strong>aviation infrastructure<\/strong> drew 89 bidders \u2014 55 local and 34 international \u2014 for the Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport development phase, per a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MATARAT_KSA\/status\/2041170824678236251\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MATARAT_KSA\/status\/2041170824678236251\">statement<\/a>. <strong>Matarat Holding<\/strong> and the National Center for Privatization &amp; PPP are moving forward with a 30-year build-transfer-operate concession after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/02\/10\/this-morning-pif-carefully-kicks-the-new-strategys-tires-with-investors\/\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/02\/10\/this-morning-pif-carefully-kicks-the-new-strategys-tires-with-investors\/\">calling for expressions of interest<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\"> Market Snapshot<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\"><strong>Tadawul<\/strong> -1.6% \u2022 <strong>ADX<\/strong> -0.3% \u2022 <strong>DFM<\/strong> -0.8% \u2022 <strong>EGX30<\/strong> -0.8%<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;text-align:left\">Brent USD 94.33 \/ bbl \u2022 Gold USD 4,803.50 \/ oz \u2022 USD \/ SAR 3.75 \u2022 USD \/ EGP 54.69<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Saudi retail player BinDawood closes yet another acquisition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2630],"tags":[2706,2705,2702,2708,2538,2704,2629,2703,2707,2628,2657],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-113870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets-deals","tag-ades-holding","tag-al-rajhi-capital","tag-aramco","tag-bindawood","tag-enterpriseam","tag-fintech","tag-ipo-watch","tag-lucky","tag-maison-safqa","tag-markets-deals","tag-mubadala","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"286aa038-69f3-4f15-80a2-7a2d5bf2d29c","order":"6","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"UAE IPOs are officially in \u2018wait-and-see\u2019 mode","related_issue":[113860],"teaser":"Plus: Saudi retail player BinDawood closes yet another acquisition","photo_link":"","related_sponsor":"","voice_url":"","en_translation_ref_id":"","section_story_id":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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