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23/11/2015Capital Market Authority Board of Commissioners to Hold Meetings with a Number of Listed Companies to Discuss Raising Overall Level of Governance within Listed Companies ...As part of the Capital Market Authority's (CMA) continues efforts to develop the Saudi capital market and enhance efficiency, transparency and disclosure within the market.22/11/2015CMA Alerts Market Participants: Insider Trading is Prohibited and a Criminal Offense...The Capital Market Authority (CMA) stresses that the Capital Market Law and its implementing regulations prohibit insider trading on shares of listed companies and consider it a criminal offense.18/11/2015CMA Obliges Authorised Persons to Comply and Disclose Additional Information on Their Websites ...The Capital Market Authority Board has issued a decision to oblige Authorised Persons (financial institutions licensed by CMA to perform securities business) to apply additional requirements in order to improve their levels of disclosure.25/10/2015CMA: Pipelining Most IPOs to Mutual Funds Offered as Public Offering Reinforces Institutional Investment in the Capital Market...The Capital Market Authority (CMA) is working on gradually expanding the institutional investor base in IPOs (for issuances offered above nominal value) as stated in the CMA's five year strategic plan (2015 – 2019).06/10/2015CMA: Fund Manager Must Send Reports to Unit Holders Every Three Months without Charge...The Capital Market Authority (CMA) emphasized that the terms and conditions of any investment fund approved to offer units must be updated annually. The fund manager must update the terms and conditions to show the actual fees 16/09/2015Six Agencies applied for authorization to carry out credit rating activities in the Kingdom...The Capital Market Authority announced that it received applications from six companies to be authorized to carry out credit rating activities in the Kingdom.02/06/2015CMA: QFIs and their approved clients are entitled to exercise all rights related to listed shares owned by them...The Capital Market Authority (CMA) explained that the Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Shares (the Rules) - issued on May 4, 2015 and consisting of 29 Articles allow QFIs and their approved clients to exercise all t 04/05/2015Spokesperson on the issuance of the Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Shares: Focusing on foreign institutions from countries with similar regulations to those of CMA...SAMA, cooperated and facilitated the requirements of opening bank accounts-Coordinating with Tadawul to investment portfolios and the cyclical announcements on ownership percentages- A number of experts and analysts expect that foreign investors en 23/04/2015Aljadaan chairman of CMA: Opening the Saudi stock market for foreign investment aims at attracting specialized investors to promote institutional investments and raise the level of the research and studies on the Saudi capital market...Chairman of the Capital Market Authority Mohammed Aljadaan explained that there are several objectives that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aims to achieve by allowing qualified foreign financial institutions to invest in listed shares.Aljadaan said the King 08/04/2015Aljadaan: continuous efforts to raise levels of disclosure and transparency...CMA to issue the Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Shares 17/03/2015CMA identifies additional disclosure requirements for companies with accumulated losses...The Capital Market Authority (CMA) emphasizes the importance of following up on the listed companies’ disclosures by the investors and traders in the market 17/02/2015CMA: Listed Company Required to Inform Public About Any Material Developments That Are Not Public Knowledge...The Capital Market Authority (CMA) emphasizes it gives top priority to the listed companies’ disclosure since transparency is considered a basic element in creating a safe environment that attracts investors.

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