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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
(2828) |
329739 |
2019 |
29155+ |
358894 |
2020 |
23351+ |
382245 |
Q1 2021 |
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