‫بهدف تحفيز الاستثمار الأجنبي ورفع جاذبية وكفاءة السوق المالية وتعزيز تنافسيتها محلياً ودولياً “هيئة السوق المالية” تعتمد القواعد المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية

إعلان (رابط الإعلان)

الثلاثاء 6 مايو 2023م  –  الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية – اعتمدت هيئة السوق المالية القواعد المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية، وتعليمات الحسابات الاستثمارية المعدّلة، وتعديل اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام الشركات الخاصة بشركات المساهمة المدرجة وقائمة المصطلحات المستخدمة في لوائح هيئة السوق المالية وقواعدها، ليعمل بها ابتداءً من تاريخ نشرها.

وجاء اعتماد تلك القواعد والتعليمات وقائمة المصطلحات، لتطوير الأحكام المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية، وتيسير الاطلاع على الأطر التنظيمية المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية ‌من خلال جمع الأحكام المنظمة لذلك في وثيقة تنظيمية واحدة، بالإضافة إلى تسهيل إجراءات دخول المستثمرين الأجانب للسوق المالية السعودية.

وتم في التعديلات الأخيرة تخفيف متطلبات المستثمرين الأجانب وتخفيف متطلبات الإفصاح والالتزامات المستمرة عليهم لتسهيل دخول المستثمر الأجنبي المؤهل في السوق المالية السعودية، ولتقليل الفروقات بين ما هو مفروض على المستثمر الأجنبي المؤهل، مقارنة ببقية فئات المستثمرين في السوق المالية السعودية.

هذا بالإضافة إلى تطوير شروط التأهيل الواجب استيفاؤها من المستثمر الأجنبي المؤهل للاستثمار في الأسهم المدرجة بالسوق الرئيسية، وإلغاء متطلبات تقديم طلب التأهيل واتفاقية تقييم المستثمر الأجنبي المؤهل، مع الاكتفاء في القواعد المعتمدة بمتطلبات فتح الحساب الاستثماري، وفقاً لتعليمات الحسابات الاستثمارية الصادرة عن الهيئة، وذلك بهدف التأكيد على واجب مؤسسة السوق المالية في التأكد من كون المستثمر الأجنبي مستوفياً لشروط التأهيل ذات العلاقة.

كما شملت التعديلات تطوير شروط استثمار الأجنبي غير المقيم في الأوراق المالية المدرجة من خلال اتفاقيات المبادلة، بما في ذلك إلغاء الشرط المفروض على مدة الاتفاقية، بالإضافة إلى إلغاء متطَّلب إشعار الهيئة قبل إبرام اتفاقية المبادلة.

كذلك شملت إضافة قناة جديدة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأسهم المدرجة في السوق الرئيسية، وذلك من خلال تمكين الأشخاص الطبيعيين والاعتباريين الأجانب من الاستثمار في الأسهم المدرجة في السوق الرئيسية من خلال المحافظ الاستثمارية المدارة من مؤسسات السوق المالية.

‌وستحل القواعد المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية بدءاً من تاريخ العمل بها، محل كل من القواعد المنظمة لاستثمار المؤسسات المالية الأجنبية المؤهلة في الأوراق المالية المدرجة، والتعليمات المنظمة لتملّك المستثمرين الاستراتيجيين الأجانب حصصا استراتيجية في الشركات المدرجة، والدليل الاسترشادي لاستثمار الأجانب غير المقيمين في السوق الموازية.

وينتظر أن تنعكس القواعد المعتمدة على تعزيز سيولة السوق المالية السعودية وتعميقها ورفع جاذبيتها وتعزيز مكانة السوق المالية السعودية على المستوى العالمي، بالإضافة إلى نقل المعارف والخبرات للمؤسسات المالية المحلية والمستثمرين من خلال تعزيز دور المستثمر المؤسسي في السوق المالية السعودية.

وجدير بالذكر أن هيئة السوق المالية قامت في 2018 بإصدار التحديث للقواعد المنظمة لاستثمار المؤسسات المالية الأجنبية المؤهلة في الأوراق المالية المدرجة، وعلى أثر ذلك تضاعفت الأرقام الخاصة بالمستثمرين الأجانب، حيث ارتفع عدد المستثمرين الأجانب بنسبة 179% منذ عام 2018 وحتى عام 2022م، وارتفعت نسبة ملكية المستثمرين الأجانب من إجمالي القيمة السوقية للأسهم الحرة من 3.77% في 2018 إلى 14.21% بنهاية 2022.

ويأتي اعتماد القواعد بعد أن نشرت الهيئة مشروع القواعد المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية على المنصة الإلكترونية الموحدة لاستطلاع آراء العموم والجهات الحكومية التابعة للمركز الوطني للتنافسية (منصة استطلاع) وموقع الهيئة الإلكتروني لمدة (30) يوماً تقويمياً لاستطلاع مرئيات العموم حياله.

وتهدف المملكة العربية السعودية إلى أن تكون وجهة استثمارية جاذبة ومحفزة للاستمرار والتوسع ضمن رؤيتها 2030، حيث عملت على إصلاحات هيكلية في الجانب الاقتصادي والمالي أسهمت في رفع معدلات النمو الاقتصادي والحفاظ على الاستقرار والاستدامة المالية، والتي بدورها تجذب الاستثمارات الأجنبية إلى المملكة.

وتسعى الهيئة من خلال خطتها الاستراتيجية إلى جعل السوق المالية السعودية السوق الرئيسية في الشرق الأوسط ومن أهم الأسواق المالية في العالم، وأن تكون سوقاً متقدمةً وجاذبةً للاستثمار المحلي والأجنبي بما يمكّنها من أداء دور محوري في تنمية الاقتصاد وتنويع مصادر دخله بما يتماشى مع رؤية 2030.

ويمكن الاطلاع على القواعد المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية، وتعليمات الحسابات الاستثمارية المعدّلة، واللائحة التنفيذية لنظام الشركات الخاصة بشركات المساهمة المدرجة المعدّلة، وقائمة المصطلحات المستخدمة في لوائح هيئة السوق المالية وقواعدها المعدّلة، من خلال الروابط الإلكترونية الآتية:

القواعد المنظمة للاستثمار الأجنبي في الأوراق المالية

تعليمات الحسابات الاستثمارية المعدّلة

اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام الشركات الخاصة بشركات المساهمة المدرجة المعدّلة

وقائمة المصطلحات المستخدمة في لوائح هيئة السوق المالية وقواعدها المعدّلة

معلومات التواصل: Contact:

هيئة السوق المالية

الإدارة العامة للتواصل وحماية المستثمر

966114906009+

966557666932+

Media@cma.org.sa

www.cma.org.sa

 

Capital Market Authority

Communication & Investor Protection Division

966114906009+

966557666932+

Media@cma.org.sa

www.cma.org.sa

عن الهيئة:   About CMA:

نشأت السوق المالية في السعودية ببدايات غير رسمية في الخمسينات، واستمر الوضع كذلك إلى أن وضعت الحكومة التنظيمات الأساسية للسوق في الثمانينات. وبموجب “نظام السوق المالية” الصادر بالمرسوم الملكي رقم (م/30) وتاريخ 2/6/1424هـ تأسست هيئة السوق المالية. وهي هيئة حكومية ذات استقلال مالي وإداري وترتبط مباشرة برئيس مجلس الوزراء.

للمزيد من المعلومات عن الهيئة يرجى زيارة موقع الهيئة الرسمي على شبكة الإنترنت: www.cma.org.sa

 

The Capital Market Authority (CMA) in Saudi Arabia unofficially started in the early fifties, and continued to operate successfully, until the government set its basic regulations in the eighties. The current Capital Market Law is promulgated and pursuant to Royal Decree No. (M/30) dated 2/6/1424H, which formally brought it into existence. The CMA is a government organization applying full financial, legal, and administrative independence, and has direct links with the Prime Minister.

For more information about CMA, please visit the official website: www.cma.org.sa

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To instigate foreign investment, increase the attractiveness and efficiency of the capital market, and enhance regional and international market competitiveness: The Capital Market Authority Approves the Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities

Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities

CMA approves the Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities with the Aim of Investigating Foreign Investment and Raising Attractiveness and Competitiveness of Capital Market

Announcement (Link)

RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Capital Market Authority (“CMA”) approved the Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities (the “Rules”), Amendments to the Investment Accounts Instructions, Amendments to the Implementing Regulation of the Companies Law for Listed Joint Stock Companies and Amendments to the Glossary of Defined Terms Used in the Regulations and Rules of the Capital Market Authority, which shall be effective as of the date of their publications.

The approval of the Rules, Instructions and Glossary aim to develop the provisions regulating foreign investment in securities, facilitate access to the regulatory frames regulating foreign investment in securities by collecting the regulating provisions in a single regulatory document, as well as facilitating qualified foreign investors’ (QFIs’) entry procedures to invest in the Saudi capital market.

The last Amendments comprised considering facilitating the QFIs’ requirements, facilitating disclosure requirements and continuous obligations to ease Saudi capital market entry with the aim of minimizing the differences between QFIs and other investor categories in the Saudi market.

The Amendments also comprised developing the qualification conditions that must be met by the QFI to invest in the shares listed in the Main Market and removing the requirements on application for qualification and QFI’s assessment agreement. The approved Rules only requiring the QFI to open an investment account in accordance with the Investment Accounts Instructions issued by CMA. This is to ensure the obligation of the capital market institution to make sure that the QFI is meeting all relevant qualification conditions.

Furthermore, the amendments included developing conditions on the investment of the non-resident foreign investors in listed securities through Swap Agreements, including removing the requirement on the duration of such swap agreements, as well as removing the requirement to notify the CMA prior to entering into a Swap Agreement.

The Amendments also included adding a new channel for foreign investment in securities listed on the main market by enabling all foreign natural and legal persons to invest in securities listed on the main market through discretionary portfolios management by Capital Market Institutions.

As of its effective date, the Rules shall replace the Rules for Qualified Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Securities, Instructions for the Foreign Strategic Investors’ Ownership in Listed Companies and the Guidance Note for the Investment of Non-Resident Foreigners in the Parallel Market.

The approval of these rules is expected to have a positive impact on boosting liquidity in the Saudi market, deepening and raising its attractiveness, and enhancing its global status. The rules will also contribute to the transformation of knowledge and experiences in local capital institutions and investors, thereby enhancing the role played by institutional investors in the Saudi capital market.

It is worth noting that the CMA issued the updated edition of the Rules in 2018, which resulted in a 179% increase in the number of QFIs from 2018 to 2022 . In addition, the foreign investors’ ownership ratio of the free float total market value increased from 3.77% in 2018 to 14.21% by the end of 2022.

The approval of the Rules came after CMA has published the Draft Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities on the Unified Electronic Platform for Consulting the Public and Government Entities (Public Consultation Platform) affiliated with the National Competitiveness Center (NCC), and the CMA’s website for public consultation for a period of (30) calendar days.

Within its Vision 2030, the Kingdom aims to be an attractive and instigating investment destination to continue expanding, as it has developed structural reforms in the financial and economic aspects that have contributed to raising economic growth rates and maintaining financial stability and sustainability, which in turn, helps in attracting foreign investments.

Through its strategic plan; the CMA seeks to position the Saudi capital market as main market in the Middle East and one of the leaders financial markets in the world, and to be an advanced market and attractive to domestic and foreign investment, enabling it to play a pivotal role in developing the economy and diversifying its sources of income in line of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

The Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities, the Amended Investment Accounts Instructions, the Amended Implementing Regulation of the Companies Law for Listed Joint Stock Companies and the Amended Glossary of Defined Terms Used in the Regulations and Rules of the Capital Market Authority can be viewed via the following links:

The Rules for Foreign Investment in Securities

The Amended Investment Accounts Instructions

The Amended Implementing Regulation of the Companies Law for Listed Joint Stock Companies

The Amended Glossary of Defined Terms Used in the Regulations and Rules of the Capital Market Authority

Contact:
Capital Market Authority
Communication & Investor Protection Division
+966114906009
+966557666932
Media@cma.org.sa
www.cma.org.sa

About CMA:
The Capital Market Authority (CMA) in Saudi Arabia unofficially started in the early fifties, and continued to operate successfully, until the government set its basic regulations in the eighties. The current Capital Market Law is promulgated and pursuant to Royal Decree No. (M/30) dated 2/6/1424H, which formally brought it into existence. The CMA is a government organization applying full financial, legal, and administrative independence, and has direct links with the Prime Minister.

For more information about CMA, please visit the official website: www.cma.org.sa

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Chief of the General Staff of the Army visites Directorate of Martyrs’ ,and Martyrs’ Sons and Daughters Schools

Upon the directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed forces, President Bashar al-Assad, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces, General Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim visited Saturday the Directorate of Martyrs, Wounded and Missing Affairs on the occasion of Martyrs Day.

General Ibrahim, who was accompanied by a number of officers, inspected the progress of work at the directorate and the services provided to the families of the martyrs, wounded ,and the missing persons.

The directorate’s cadres briefed on the General Ibrahim on the work mechanism there.

He praised the efforts made by the directorate’s cadres to secure and facilitate the services to the families of the martyrs, wounded and the missing persons.

General Ibrahim also visited the Martyrs’ Sons and Daughters Schools , and stressed the need to provide the full care and great attention to the sons and daughters of the martyrs, whose parents sacrificed their souls to defend their homeland.

Also on this occasion, the commanders of the military regions visited the cemeteries of the martyrs and placed wreaths on behalf of President al-Assad at memorials there and recited verses of Quran for the rest of their souls.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Syria gains two bronze medals at International Mendeleev chemistry Olympiad

Two students of National Chemistry Team obtained on Saturday two bronze medals at 2023 International Mendeleev chemistry Olympiad , which was held in Kazakhstan with the participation of 113 students from 21 countries.

The Distinction and Creativity Agency said in a statement to SANA that the two bronze medals were won by two students, Salama Abdul Nasser Omran and Salman Iyad al-Darwish from Homs province, after they succeeded in passing two theoretical exams and a scientific one.

The Agency pointed out that this is the fifth participation of the students of the Syrian Science Olympiad in the Mendeleev International Chemistry Olympiad, which is considered one of the most important international competitions, and the Syrian Olympiad achieved five bronze medals during the previous participations.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

A Syrian Mother: My four sons sacrifice their lives for the homeland

The 6th of May brings to mind stories of heroism, glory, commitment and all sacrifices that the Syrians have made to defend the independence of their homeland and its territorial integrity over the years.

The Martyrs’ Day, which annually marked on May,is an opportunity to honor and pay tribute to all Syrian mothers and their sons for their sacrifices to confront the terrorist war waged on their country since 2011.s

The Syrian mother, Sanaa Ahmad, ( Um Rami) , a native of Tal Aawa village in Safita municipality in the coastal province of Tartous, lost all four of her children in the Syrian army’s battles against terrorists.

Um Rami ,mother of four martyrs, Hasan, Rami, Basel and Ali ,said that she is proud of her four sons who martyred for the sake of their country.

” In 2012, the first martyr of my children, Hasan, passed away in Quneitra province ” as she said with the pain and pride of her children martyrdom.

The mother of martyrs went to say “After 9 months, I lost my second son, Rami, in Aleppo in 2013, and after seven years his martyrdom was announced. He was married and had three children.”.

” My third son Basel, martyred in Homs, as he was fighting the terrorists with his comrades in the Syrian Arab army ” Um Rami said.

She said “In July 2020, my fourth son Ali injured , who is married and has three children, as a result of the Israeli aggression against the scientific research headquarters in Damascus , then he martyred after one month cause of the injury”.

Um Rami stressed that the homeland deserves all sacrifices to remain safe and peaceful country.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Watan Document Foundation and the Omani National Records & Archives Authority sign a memo of cooperation

The Watan Document Foundation and National Records & Archives Authority in the Sultanate of Oman signed a memorandum of cooperation, with the aim of boosting and developing cooperation and consolidating the bonds of Arab ties between Syria and Oman, in the presence of Social Affairs Minister Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid.

The memo , which was signed at the Foundation’s headquarters, stipulated the exchange of experts in the fields of historical documentation, document management, and cooperation in the field of oral history, in a way that serves the interests of the peoples of the two countries.

Dr.Bouthaina Shaaban,Head of the Board of Trustees of the Watan Document Foundation, stressed the importance of cooperation with Oman , as well as with the rest of the Arab countries, to advance the file of documentation, supervision and preservation of handicrafts and Syrian documents and history.

Dr. Shaaban expressed her hope for cooperation in the fields of scientific research and creativity, and for Syria and Oman to be a basic example for Arab cooperation in this field, given the importance of writing and documentation in analyzing and reading what the Arab nation has gone through and repeating positive experiences in the future.

For his part, Minister al-Munajjid referred to attempts to remove heritage, history, customs and values through well-studied plans, aimed at targeting the existence of peoples before targeting countries, considering that the Watan Document Foundation’s filling the gap of preserving heritage and tangible and immaterial history in Syria is one of the joints of steadfastness and moving forward.

Al-Munajjid. expressed the readiness of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor to provide all necessary logistical and technical to the Foundation and its project.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

?Joint Statement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America regarding the start of pre-negotiation talks between representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah on May 6, 2023

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States welcome the start of pre-negotiation talks between representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah on May 6, 2023. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States urge both parties to take in consideration the interests of the Sudanese nation and its people and actively engage in the talks towards a ceasefire and end to the conflict, which will spare the Sudanese people the suffering and assure the availability of humanitarian aid to affected areas. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States also would like to stress the efforts of the countries and organizations that supported these talks, including the Quad countries (The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States) , the League of Arab States, and partners from the Trilateral Mechanism (UNITAMS, AU, IGAD). Finally, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States urge continued, coordinated international support for an expanded negotiation process that should include engagement all Sudanese parties.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

KSrelief Sends 25 Tons of Dates as Gift to Thailand

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has delivered 25 tons of dates as a gift from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s government to the Kingdom of Thailand.

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Thailand, Abdurrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Suhaibani, presented the aid on behalf of the KSrelief.

Vice President of the Central Islamic Council of Thailand (CICOT) Arun Boonchom, Special Secretary to Sheikhul Islam of Thailand Sheikh Mabrouk Younis, a representative of the Ministry of Finance, and a team from Ksrelief attended the delivery of the aid in the premises of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Kingdom of Thailand.

This gift is part of the programs offered by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — may Allah protect him — to the neediest families in a number of brotherly and friendly countries.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

US Market Closes Higher

Main stock indexes on Wall Street closed higher.

Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the trading session up by 546.64 points, or 1.7%, to reach 33674.38 points.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index increased by 75.03 points, or 1.8%, to 4136.25 points.

Nasdaq Composite Index for technology stocks added 269.01 points, or 2.2%, to reach 12235.41 points.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

GCC’s Secretary General Welcomes the Joint Saudi-US Initiative to Launch Preliminary Talks between Representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and Members of the Rapid Support Forces.

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi has welcomed the joint initiative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America to start preliminary talks between representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and members of the Rapid Support Forces, which were held today in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to pave the way for dialogue and reduce the level of tension in a way that guarantees the security and stability of Sudan and its brotherly people, and contributes to facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid.

The Secretary General expressed his hope that these initial talks would contribute to reaching a comprehensive peaceful solution that would protect the unity and institutions of the Republic of Sudan and achieve the aspirations of the Sudanese people for security, peace, political stability and development.

The Secretary General affirmed that the Cooperation Council members are countries that support peace and always seek, through their well-established and extended diplomatic relations, to maintain regional and global peace and security.

Source: Saudi Press Agency