Finance Elite Flocking to Riyadh Show Khashoggi Furor Is Over
- HSBC, BlackRock CEOs boycotted similar conference in 2018
- Saudi Arabia has been struggling to attract long-term FDI
Images of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi are seen on a screen during a commemorative ceremony in Istanbul in November 2018.
Photographer: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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If there were any doubts that the titans of global finance aren’t holding grudges over Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, their appearances at a Riyadh conference this week should lay those to rest.
Business executives including HSBC Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer John Flint and BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink participated in panel discussions on Wednesday at a financial summit in Saudi capital—the same men who six months ago boycotted a similar conference over the murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.