For the second straight year, the risks of doing business in Saudi Arabia are pushing their way onto the agenda of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's glittering investment showcase.
Hot DealsSenior executives from many of the 25 banks working on Aramco's mammoth deal, which could see advisers sharing a fee pool of as much as $450 million, are set to attend next week's meeting.
Credit Suisse Group AG's CEO Tidjane Thiam, Citigroup's top deal-maker Tyler Dickson and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s head of global banking Carlos Hernandez, who led their banks' pitches to Aramco and are actively involved in the deal, are to due attend the event, where Chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan will host thousands of delegates alongside the crown prince.
Representatives for Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Citigroup declined to comment.
While the killing prompted a brief spell of skittishness over doing business with the kingdom, some of the world's top banking executives, including Fink and then-HSBC Holdings Plc CEO John Flint, returned to Saudi Arabia in April for a two-day financial conference.
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