The total value of assets held by investment funds in Saudi Arabia grew by 9% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to SAR 137.24 billion in Q3 2019, data issued by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.
The rise was driven by a 13% increase in foreign assets, while local assets rose by 8%.
Assets of Investment Funds (SAR bln) |
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Variation |
Q3 2019 |
Q2 2019 |
Period |
+8% |
113.28 |
104.99 |
Local assets |
+13% |
23.96 |
21.12 |
Foreign assets |
+9% |
137.24 |
126.11 |
Total |
Assets held by investment funds include local and foreign stocks, bonds, real estate investments among others.
Improvement of Investment Funds Assets since 2005 (SAR bln) |
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Variation |
Total |
Foreign assets |
Local assets |
Period |
+127% |
136.97 |
21.31 |
115.66 |
2005 |
(%39) |
84.11 |
22.76 |
61.34 |
2006 |
+25% |
105.10 |
25.21 |
79.89 |
2007 |
(%29) |
74.81 |
13.55 |
61.26 |
2008 |
+20% |
89.55 |
15.41 |
74.14 |
2009 |
+6% |
94.74 |
20.30 |
74.44 |
2010 |
(%13) |
82.19 |
17.66 |
64.53 |
2011 |
+7% |
88.07 |
18.26 |
69.81 |
2012 |
+17% |
103.18 |
21.32 |
81.86 |
2013 |
+7% |
110.71 |
28.84 |
81.87 |
2014 |
(7%) |
102.90 |
26.98 |
75.92 |
2015 |
(15%) |
87.84 |
17.18 |
70.66 |
2016 |
+25% |
110.23 |
19.09 |
91.15 |
2017 |
+1% |
111.86 |
18.21 |
93.65 |
2018 |
+23% |
137.24 |
23.96 |
113.28 |
Q3 2019 |
The number of investment funds operating in the Kingdom increased to 252 in Q3 2019 from 249 funds by the end of 2018.
Improvement of Investment Funds’ No. since 2005 (SAR bln) |
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Variation |
No. of Operating Funds |
Period |
-- |
199 |
2005 |
+15 |
214 |
2006 |
+38 |
252 |
2007 |
+10 |
262 |
2008 |
(18) |
244 |
2009 |
(1) |
243 |
2010 |
+6 |
249 |
2011 |
(9) |
240 |
2012 |
(4) |
236 |
2013 |
+16 |
252 |
2014 |
+18 |
270 |
2015 |
+5 |
275 |
2016 |
(2) |
273 |
2017 |
(24) |
249 |
2018 |
+3 |
252 |
Q3 2019 |
The number of subscribers jumped YoY to 333,318 in Q3 2019 from 332,567 in 2018.
Improvement of Subscribers No. since 2005 (SAR bln) |
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Variation |
No. of Subscribers |
Period |
+369927 |
568284 |
2005 |
(68316) |
499968 |
2006 |
(73883) |
426085 |
2007 |
(51110) |
374975 |
2008 |
(18644) |
356331 |
2009 |
(35916) |
320415 |
2010 |
(26510) |
293905 |
2011 |
(18281) |
275624 |
2012 |
(17514) |
258110 |
2013 |
(12079) |
246031 |
2014 |
(9054) |
236977 |
2015 |
(12566) |
224411 |
2016 |
+14034 |
238445 |
2017 |
+94122 |
332567 |
2018 |
+751 |
333318 |
Q3 2019 |
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