Saudi Riyals

The total value of assets held by investment funds in Saudi Arabia grew by 11% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to SAR 232.8 billion during the first quarter of 2021, data issued by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) showed. 

 

The increase was driven by a 3% rise in local assets – which represent 66% of total assets -  to SAR 154.3 billion, while foreign assets rose 31% to SAR 78.5 billion.

 

Investment funds are either open-end or closed-end; the total assets of open-end funds stood at nearly SAR 203.1 billion, or 87% of total fund assets, while assets of closed-end funds reached approximately SAR 29.8 billion.

 

Assets of Investment Funds (SAR bln)

Change (%)

Q1 2021

Q4 2020

Period

+3%

154.31

149.56

Local assets

+31%

78.52

60.16

Foreign assets

+11%

232.83

209.72

Total
 

Assets held by investment funds include local and foreign stocks, bonds, real estate investments among others.

 

Investment Fund Assets since 2005 (SAR bln)

Change %

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

+43%

159.96

26.52

133.44

2019

+31%

209.72

60.16

149.56

2020

+33%

232.83

78.52

154.31

Q1 2021
 

On the other hand, the number of investment funds operating in the Kingdom stood at 251 in Q1 2021, down by three funds, compared to 2020.

 

Number of Investment Funds Since 2005

Variation

No. of Operating Funds

Period

+11

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

+4

253

2019

+1

254

2020

(3)

251

Q1 2021
 

 

The number of subscribers jumped by 23,400 to 382,200 by the end of Q1 2021 when compared to 2020-end.

 

  Improvement of Subscribers Numbers Since 2005 (SAR bln)

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

(2828)

329739

2019

 29155+

358894

2020

 23351+

382245

Q1 2021

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