{"id":91775,"date":"2024-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/11\/21\/cma-to-allow-foreign-investors-to-invest-in-tadawuls-main-market\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T00:00:00","slug":"cma-to-allow-foreign-investors-to-invest-in-tadawuls-main-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/11\/21\/cma-to-allow-foreign-investors-to-invest-in-tadawuls-main-market\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA to allow foreign investors to invest in Tadawul\u2019s main market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Foreign investors can soon gain direct access to Saudi Arabia\u2019s main stock <\/strong><strong>market<\/strong> under <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/11\/2005.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed amendments (pdf)<\/a> by the Capital Market Authority (CMA). The changes, now open for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/istitlaa.ncc.gov.sa\/en\/Trade\/CMA\/FacilitatingtheProceduresforOpeningandOperat\/Pages\/default.aspx\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">public consultation until 20 December<\/a>, aim to streamline investment account procedures and attract more international participation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Key proposals include allowing GCC-based foreign investors to directly trade shares on <\/strong><strong>the main market <\/strong>\u2014 expanding access beyond the debt market, Nomu, and derivatives. Individual foreign investors who previously resided in Saudi Arabia or GCC countries would also be permitted to maintain their accounts after leaving the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The amendments seek to reinforce investor protection, stimulate market liquidity, and <\/strong><strong>simplify account opening for various investor categories<\/strong>, including local endowments, strengthening the Saudi capital market\u2019s appeal both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>IN CONTEXT-<\/strong> Current <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saudiexchange.sa\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/tadawulv2_en\/sa-tadawul\/SA-Rules-Guidence\/sa-all-faqdetails\/faqs?source=library&srv=cmpnt&cmpntid=0fab4b0e-4ba5-48c5-a896-cbc2ac45c9ca&WCM_Page.ResetAll=TRUE&CACHE=NONE&CONTENTCACHE=NONE&CONNECTORCACHE=NONE&qcat=TadawulV2_Design\/FAQ-Categories\/CAT-CategorySections\/equities\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Tadawul regulations<\/a> allow non-resident foreign investors to trade in the Nomu parallel market and the debt market. In 2015, the Kingdom launched its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saudiexchange.sa\/wps\/portal\/saudiexchange\/trading\/investing-trading\/qualified_foreign_investors\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI) program<\/a> to allow certain international institutional investors with \u201cdirect and consistent access to the Saudi capital market.\u201d The program was amended in 2019 to allow for a broader range of institutional investors to qualify as QFIs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draft amendments will expand foreign investors\u2019 access beyond the debt market, Nomu, and derivatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2644],"tags":[202,2419,10,344],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-91775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-watch","tag-capital-market-authority","tag-capital-markets","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-regulation-watch","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"eafd1024-b878-4e04-9f90-c921daf2d921","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/2077.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"CMA to allow foreign investors to invest in Tadawul\u2019s main market","related_issue":[91767],"teaser":"The draft amendments will expand foreign investors\u2019 access beyond the debt market, Nomu, and derivatives","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/11\/.ffc89c45-aab7-4bcf-975c-d7af01f27659.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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