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Arison Investments operates in the global business arena, focusing on sustainability. Our business activity aims to generate high financial returns, while creating positive added value or Israel, the World, the environment and the wider community. Arison Investments' main areas of operation are finance, real estate, infrastructure, energy and water. Arison Investments mobilizes its resources, strength, experience and financial stability in order to provide effective solutions to basic human needs.
As of December 2009, Arison Investments manages an investment portfolio in excess of $2 billion, which includes a controlling stake in the following leading Israeli companies:
Bank Hapoalim
Bank Hapoalim is Israel's leading bank and was ranked by Dun & Bradstreet as the country's most financially sound financial institution in 2008.
The only Israeli bank listed on both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (POLI) and London Stock Exchange. With more than250 branches throughout Israel, Bank Hapoalim is also the country's leading bank for corporate clients. The Bank provides its clients with banking products and services of the highest quality available in the sector. Abroad, the Bank is successfully taking part in the globalization process of the international banking community; the Bank has 44 branches, subsidiaries and representative offices active in financial centers worldwide, including New York, London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore and others. The Bank group also includes 2 commercial banks and subsidiaries engaged in financial and other activities.
Financial Highlights (September 30, 2009):
Total assets: $80 billion
Market cap: $4.7 billion
Net profit: $226 million
Capital Adequacy Ratio: 13.3%
Shikun & Binui
Shikun & Binui is Israel's leading infrastructure and real estate group with decades of wide-ranging, in-depth experience in complex construction, infrastructure and real estate development projects through its subsidiaries in Israel and abroad.
The company is traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (SKBN).
With operations in Israel, Europe, Africa and Central America, Shikun & Binui is a leading partner of choice for numerous construction companies, governments and organizations across the globe that are seeking an expert in the planning and implementation of PPP
(Public Private Partnership) projects, including BOT and PFI. Shikun & Binui offers its partners comprehensive and valuable knowledge necessary for the development, financing and execution of these large-scale infrastructure and real estate projects.
Through the Shikun & Binui Environment subsidiary, the group channels its activities and investments in the areas of water desalination, sewage purification, conventional and alternative energies.
Financial Highlights (September 30, 2009):
Total assets: $2 billion
Market cap: $650 million
Revenue: $898 million
Israel Salt Industries
Israel Salt Industries is active in the industrial and financial sectors.
The company was traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange for the last 16 years and was delisted in September 2008. The company is Israel's top salt manufacturer and holds a 6% share in Bank Hapoalim, Israel's leading bank. The salt produced by the company is used in industry and in agriculture, as well as by retail consumers. The company serves both the local Israeli market and exports to a wide range of European countries, the Far East, Africa and the United States.
Financial Highlights on the last trading day (September 1, 2008):
Total assets: $510 million
Market cap: $219 million
Miya
Miya represents the Arison Group's commitment to sustainability and to preparing our planet to meet the needs of future generations.
The company's vision is to secure the world's water abundance. In today's world, water is a vital resource, yet more than a third of the world's drinking water is lost from urban water systems before it reaches the consumer. Reducing these losses will bring more clean water to people who need it, help our environment and improve the efficiency of water utilities, thus reducing costs and increasing revenues.
Miya is a global provider of comprehensive water efficiency solutions for municipal distribution systems, with an initial emphasis on Non Revenue Water (NRW) management. Miya is a leader in its field, providing experience, expertise, global presence and local execution
capabilities.





