Argaam Weekend | Silent Assets

Silent Assets

28^thMarch 2026

● Dubai's Experience: When Geopolitical Risk Becomes a Driver of Financial Transformation
● Buying Cheap, Building Scale: How Consolidators Are Seizing Saudi Pharmacy's Valuation Divide

Topics of the Week

Buying Cheap, Building Scale: How Consolidators Are Seizing Saudi Pharmacy's Valuation Divide

United Pharmacies' acquisition of Kunooz for over SAR 100 million is not an isolated transaction — the company's CFO has confirmed two additional deals in the pipeline, one expected to be the largest in the sector's history, with the combined strategy targeting a market share increase from 10% to 13% by end of 2026.

Dubai's Experience: When Geopolitical Risk Becomes a Driver of Financial Transformation

The war with Iran is doing something beyond disrupting supply chains and pushing up oil prices. It is forcing investors and businesses to fundamentally reassess where it is safe to deploy capital, how quickly that capital can be moved if conditions deteriorate, and whether the legal and political frameworks protecting it will hold under pressure.