PIF shifting $12bn gaming portfolio to Savvy
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is reportedly transferring $12 billion of gaming company shares to its subsidiary Savvy Games Group.
The transfer will shift stewardship of PIF’s gaming investments to Savvy, Savvy spokesman Amar Batkhuu told Bloomberg.
Savvy is a core component of the national gaming and esports strategy, he added.
The company has no plan to change its investment strategy and will continue with PIF’s hands-off approach, Batkhuu said.
Following the transfer, Savvy will own almost 10 percent of Koei Tecmo Holdings, NCSoft Corporation, Nexon Company and Square Enix Holdings, Bloomberg reported.
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In November, Savvy was reported to be in talks with China’s ByteDance to buy the latter’s gaming studio.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman laid out a SAR142 billion ($37.8 billion) strategy for Savvy in September 2022 to make the kingdom “the ultimate global hub for the games and esports sector by 2030”.
The PIF subsidiary agreed to acquire California-based Scopely, a mobile game developer, for $4.9 billion in 2023.
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