Throughout 2012 activity in Saudi Arabia’s initial public offering (IPO) market picked up considerably compared to the previous year. By the end of December, the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) had seen seven new listings worth a total of SR5.33bn ($1.42bn), up from five listings worth a total of SR1.73bn ($461.22m) in 2011. The...
As of late 2012 Saudi Arabia’s Islamic financial services (IFS) industry was focused almost exclusively on a handful of products, namely sharia-compliant retail banking, murabaha and other related financing arrangements,...
After three years of declining profits in the wake of the 2008-09 international economic downturn, Saudi Arabia’s domestic banking sector posted solid growth in 2011 and 2012. With more than SR1.64trn ($437.6bn) in total assets as of the end of the third quarter of 2012, up from SR1.54trn ($410.41bn) at the end of 2011, the...
As of late 2012 Saudi Arabia’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) was on the brink of implementing new legislation that would allow foreign investors to own stocks on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).
Bank lending has increased substantially in recent years. According to data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), the Kingdom’s central bank, bank claims on the private sector had reached SR965.3bn ($257.25bn), up 12.5% from SR858.4bn ($228.76bn) at the end of 2011 and nearly double the 2007 figure of SR577.9bn ($154bn...
Flying in the face of ongoing global economic malaise which has seen many Western economies struggling to regain their composure, Saudi Arabia continues to post strong economic growth on the back of its thriving petroleum sector anchored by a steady political and financial base. Although higher-than-expected oil demand played a...
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