1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU - EBA: Opinion on measures in accordance with Article 458 CRR following a notification by the De Nederlandsche Bank - Status: Final - The EBA has...more
The Saudi Exchange published its guideline manual for foreign companies offering and/or listing on its Main Market. While current capital markets regulations and rules in Saudi Arabia permit such offerings, the lack of a...more
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and the Capital Market Authority (CMA) recently published a draft companies law (the "Draft Law") which was made available for public consultation. Under the new proposal, certain...more
CMA Announces New Rules for Ownership in Listed Companies by Foreign Strategic Investors - As part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to regulate and develop the capital markets and to facilitate foreign investment,...more
On 31 December 2017, the Capital Market Authority (the “CMA”) published the Rules on the Offer of Securities and Continuing Obligations (“ROSCO”), which were approved by CMA Board Resolution No. 3-123-2017 dated 9/4/1439H...more
Since the introduction by the Capital Market Authority (the “CMA”) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Kingdom”) of the Merger and Acquisition Regulations approved by the Board of the CMA pursuant to its Resolution No....more
The publication of the Regulations is driven by the continued effort to attract additional foreign investment into the Kingdom and to harmonize the CMA’s own rules with those of the newly revised Companies Law2, as overseen...more
Background - On 21 December 2016, the Capital Market Authority of Saudi Arabia (the CMA) approved the Parallel Market Listing Rules (the Rules), thereby establishing the Parallel Market, an alternative market to the Main...more
The Capital Market Authority (CMA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has approved new regulations for Saudi and for Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) incorporated joint stock companies (JSC) to list on the Kingdom’s new...more
Financial services regulators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have recently made – independently of each other – extensive changes to the rules governing the regulation and distribution...more
This year has witnessed remarkable legal developments in the capital markets landscape of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In particular, the Capital Market Authority of the Kingdom (“CMA”) approved the amended Rules for...more
Domestic issuers will welcome the amendments as they largely clarify or formalize existing CMA practices. Introduction - Further to the continuous efforts of the Capital Market Authority (the CMA) in the Kingdom of...more