JPMorgan Investor Trip Pitches Mideast Energy Pivot to Clients

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is giving a group of its clients front-row access to the energy transition that’s underway in the Gulf states, as the region’s efforts to pivot away from fossil-fuel dependence generate growing investor interest.

“It’s a very compelling story,” says Hannah Lee, Asia-Pacific equity thematic and head of sustainable investing research at JPMorgan Securities. That applies “both for their own electricity generation, but also for the potential to export clean energy at some point in the future.”

JPMorgan will be taking a group of institutional clients, some with an emerging markets and Asia focus, to Saudi ...