{"id":639158,"date":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/23\/saudi-to-open-up-bourse-foreign-ownership-limits\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T03:26:16","slug":"saudi-to-open-up-bourse-foreign-ownership-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/23\/saudi-to-open-up-bourse-foreign-ownership-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi to open up bourse foreign ownership limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saudi Arabia is pushing foreign ownership limits in its bourse past the 10% <\/strong><strong>mark, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-saudi-investment\/opening-bourse-wider-saudi-to-let-foreigners-take-strategic-stakes-in-firms-idUSKBN1CR0PF\">Reuters reports<\/a>. The country\u2019s Capital Market Authority is working with the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority to \u201cto prepare rules under which foreign investors with appropriate experience and expertise could own such stakes.\u201d The CMA said strategic investors in Saudi companies would retain their voting rights and that \u201csome parts of the economy will remain restricted or prohibited\u201d to foreign investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia is pushing foreign ownership limits in its bourse past the 10% mark, Reuters reports. 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