Argaam
Argaam is a Saudi Arabian financial news portal and considered the primary source for financial news as it provides real-time updates on financial markets as well as market data and analysis, interviews, and coverage of stocks listed across the region. Argaam has won UAE App & Web Award and is operated by the Argaam Investment Company, which launched the Arabic version in March 2007 and an English variant in April 2015.
History
The company was founded on 1 March 2007 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.On October 18, 2017, the Saudi Research and Marketing Group acquired a controlling stake in the Argaam Investment and Trading Company, which publishes an online financial news service. SRMG acquired 51 percent of Argaam for $10 million in an attempt to expand its operations, at a time when Saudi Arabia was diversifying its economy and opening up to more foreign investments and as a part of the National Transformation Plan 2020 and Vision 2030.