Saudi bourse opens up to foreigners
By Ulf Laessing |
March 15, 2010, Monday
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SAUDI Arabia plans to launch stock market index funds accessible to foreigners by the end of March in a bid to open up the Arab world's biggest bourse, the market regulator said in remarks published yesterday.
"We want to study experiences of many countries, which have allowed foreign investment in an organized way," Abdulrahman al-Tuwaijri, head of the Capital Markets Authority, was quoted as saying in business daily al-Eqtisadiah.
Earlier this month Tuwaijri said in a newspaper interview that Saudi Arabia was mulling exchange-traded funds without giving a time frame.
In 2008 the word's top oil exporter and OPEC member allowed so-called swap agreements between non-resident foreign investors and local intermediaries, permitting indirect foreign ownership on the bourse.
Previously foreigners could only invest in the Saudi stock market through selected funds.
But large international investors such as pension funds have held off investment on a large scale, pending further steps to allow entry into the market and awaiting full ownership.
Tuwaijri hinted yesterday that direct foreign investments were not being considered at present, as risky "hot" money would flow in.
John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi, said Saudi Arabia was further opening up the bourse for foreigners through different tools but not full ownership yet.
"We want to study experiences of many countries, which have allowed foreign investment in an organized way," Abdulrahman al-Tuwaijri, head of the Capital Markets Authority, was quoted as saying in business daily al-Eqtisadiah.
Earlier this month Tuwaijri said in a newspaper interview that Saudi Arabia was mulling exchange-traded funds without giving a time frame.
In 2008 the word's top oil exporter and OPEC member allowed so-called swap agreements between non-resident foreign investors and local intermediaries, permitting indirect foreign ownership on the bourse.
Previously foreigners could only invest in the Saudi stock market through selected funds.
But large international investors such as pension funds have held off investment on a large scale, pending further steps to allow entry into the market and awaiting full ownership.
Tuwaijri hinted yesterday that direct foreign investments were not being considered at present, as risky "hot" money would flow in.
John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi, said Saudi Arabia was further opening up the bourse for foreigners through different tools but not full ownership yet.
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