Saudi mutual funds grew assets by 15% in 2017

26/02/2018 Argaam Special

 

The aggregated asset base of mutual funds based in Saudi Arabia rose by 15 percent to SAR 248.2 billion YoY in 2017, data from the Capital Market Authority showed.

 

The increase was mainly driven by a 22 percent rise in the assets held by public investment funds throughout the year. Assets held by private funds rose 10 percent.

 

Meanwhile, the number of mutual fund subscribers fell to 220,300 in 2017 from 226,200 a year earlier.

 

Saudi-based Mutual Funds (Activity YoY)

Period

Ownership Type

Number of funds

Number of Subscribers

Asset Base (SAR mln)

2016

Public

271

222.7

87.2

Private

219

3.52

128.7

Total

490

226.2

215.9

2017

Public

263

216.2

106.6

Private

267

4.05

141.6

Total

530

220.3

248.2

Change

+8%

(3%)

+15%

 

On an aggregate level, the public and private funds with focus on debt markets (investing in fixed-income instruments) saw their combined assets grow by 47 percent YoY in 2017, while money-market funds had their assets increase by 26 percent.

 

Assets of real-estate-focused funds rose 14 percent to SAR 66 billion.

 

Funds Arranged by Asset Class* (2017)

Asset Class

Number of funds

Number of Subscribers

Asset Base

(SAR mln)

Change in Asset Value

 

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

Equity

253

278

173,541

164,020

84,744.5

96,837.2

+14%

Debt

15

17

200

239

3,645.0

5,354.6

+47%

Money Markets

53

54

39,779

39,876

58,910.2

74,326.0

+26%

Real Estate

118

131

7,349

10,657

58,570.4

66,498.7

+14%

Commodities

33

33

4,659

4,789

2,910.4

3,219.7

+11%

Miscellaneous

8

9

377

349

6,289.8

892.2

(85%)

Hedge & Derivatives

10

8

278

349

834.3

1,064.8

+28%

Total

490

530

226,183

220,279

215,909.6

248,193.2

+15%

*Excludes ETFs and REITs

 

The funds investing in money and equity markets accounted for 88 percent of the aggregate assets of the entire Saudi funds, standing at SAR 72.7 billion and SAR 21 billion respectively, by end of 2017.

 

Public Funds by Asset Class* (2017)

Asset Class

Number of funds

Number of Subscribers

Asset Base

(SAR mln)

Change in Asset Value

 

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

Stocks

168

161

172,315

162,697

22,444.0

20,980.1

(7%)

Debt instruments

8

8

185

181

848.7

754.1

(11%)

Money markets

44

44

39,747

39,817

57,497.6

72,651.5

+26%

Real Estate

12

11

5,140

8,088

3,610.3

8,811.9

+144%

Holding

32

32

4,656

4,784

2,584.9

2,887.7

+12%

Balanced

2

2

351

326

82.5

75.9

(8%)

Others

5

5

268

339

176.2

398.5

+126%

Total

271

263

222,662

216,232

87,244.1

106,559.8

+22%

*Excludes ETFs and REITs

 

Meanwhile, private funds investing in stocks and real estate accounted for 94 percent of the total assets of Saudi funds, at SAR 75.9 billion and SAR 57.7 billion respectively.

 

Private Funds by Asset Class* (Q4 2017)

Asset Class

Number of funds

Number of Subscribers

Assets Base

(SAR mln)

Change in Asset Value

 

2016

2017

2016

2017

2016

2017

Equity

85

117

1,226

1,323

62,300.5

75,857.1

+22%

Debt

7

9

15

58

2,801.3

4,600.5

+64%

Money Markets

9

10

32

59

1,412.7

1,674.5

+19%

Real Estate

106

120

2,209

2,569

54,960.1

57,686.7

+5%

Commodities

1

1

3

5

325.5

332.0

+2%

Miscellaneous

6

7

26

23

6,207.3

816.5

(87%)

Hedge & Derivatives

5

3

10

10

658.2

666.3

+1%

Total

219

267

3,521

4,047

128,665.4

141,633.5

+10%

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