Dimon and Dalio RSVP to Saudi's flagship investment summit

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For anyone wondering whether Wall Street would still fly to Riyadh in wartime, Saudi Arabia’s flagship investment conference has published its RSVPs. Ray Dalio, Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink, and Stephen Schwarzman lead the speaker list for October’s Future Investment Initiative, released nearly two months out, earlier than the conference typically names its lineup. The Gulf’s conference season is usually packed into the cooler months, and the last quarter of 2026 is even more crammed because events in the spring were postponed due to the war.
Organizers have been concerned about turnout, but early signs point the other way. LEAP, the delayed tech conference that wraps up in Riyadh today, looked much like its earlier editions: packed and heavy with international names. FII’s early list is another signal that it will be business as usual at the event nicknamed Davos in the Desert. The tenth edition runs Oct. 26-29.

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