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Interviews & Viewpoints | Tareq Al Sadhan, CEO, Riyad Bank: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia invests in financial education and training from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
In recent years the government has sought to increase the number of nationals in the workforce through Saudiisation policies, which mandate that companies have a certain percentage of Saudi citizens in each position. However, the policy has presented significant challenges for many sectors that still rely heavily on expatriate labour.
The ongoing process of privatisation...
Chapter | Alternative Investments from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
The ongoing liberalisation of capital markets provides a positive long-term outlook for Saudi Arabia’s alternative investment segment. The Kingdom is a regional leader in mutual fund activity, with the deepest and most varied investment pool in the GCC. Nevertheless, some structural hurdles remain to fund expansion in Saudi Arabia. The lack of arrangements for the mutual recognition of fund...
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
Recent and ongoing reforms of Saudi Arabia’s capital markets have seen the Kingdom gradually liberalise its investment framework and overhaul the operations of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) – the largest exchange in the GCC by market capitalisation. Looking to initial public offerings, the state’s privatisation programme – a central component of Saudi Vision 2030 – is likely to generate...
The Kingdom’s banking sector started 2020 on a promising note, with 13 local banks serving a population of over 30m people. However, low oil prices and the disruptive effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are likely to undermine asset growth over the course of the year, though the Kingdom’s banks have previously demonstrated the ability to remain profitable despite difficulties. Looking to the...