Recent CMA annoucements related to Tadawul

A number of major developments have taken place in the Kingdom in the last few weeks underlining the governments commitment to implementing structural economic reform. In April, we saw the unveiling of the Saudi Vision 2030 and, more recently, we saw major changes on a ministerial level. Packed in between all these announcements was an equally important but perhaps less publicized announcement by the Capital Market Authority (CMA), which will have a major impact on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Whilst some of these amendments focused on loosening previous rules on participation and ownership levels of qualified foreign institutional investors (QFIs), another strand of these reforms introduced new types of trading options and settlement processes, in line with international standards.