Given the extensive losses many insurance companies have suffered over the last few years, what changes to the regulatory framework are needed?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Ali Al Ayed, General Director, Insurance Control Department, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Articles & Analysis | State efforts signal encouragement for private initiatives in Saudi Arabia from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Given the size and breadth of the Saudi Arabian economy it is at first glance surprising that the government continues to play the leading role in supporting local start-ups and entrepreneurs. Where other countries in MENA, such as Egypt and Jordan, have seen the private sector address the segment through angel and seed investment operations,...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Mazen Batterjee, Vice-Chairman, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
To what extent is activity in the private sector currently underpinning non-oil economic growth?
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's cooperative sukuk model offers distinct advantages from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
While the rapid development of the global Islamic banking sector has generated plenty of media headlines in recent years, the growth of the takaful industry has attracted comparatively less attention. There are several reasons that can go some way to explain the relatively unheralded expansion of the world’s sharia-compliant insurers. For...
Articles & Analysis | A raft of IPOs signal recovery in capital markets from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Over 2014, there has been a welcome recovery of initial public offering (IPO) activity in the GCC region. According to PwC, 16 GCC companies went to regional markets, raising a total of $10.8bn. The tail end of the year proved to be a particularly fruitful time, accounting for $7.3bn of the total and raising hopes that 2015 would see the...
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's family-owned businesses get new corporate governance guidelines from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
The corporate governance regimes of Saudi Arabia’s family-owned businesses (FOBs) are a salient talking point in financial circles, for obvious reasons. Estimates as to their contribution to GDP vary, but a 2012 study by the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry claimed that the Kingdom’s FOBs in that year accounted for around SR350bn ($93...