Capital Market Institutions committee holds capital market institutions forum

Capital Market Institutions committee holds capital market institutions forum

The “Capital Market Institutions Committee (“CMIC")" held, Tuesday, the “Capital Market Institutions Forum" to discuss the digital transformation in the Capital Market Institutions and the role played by such institutions in introducing the foreign investments to the capital markets.

The Forum's first dialogue session discussed the digital transformation of the local Capital Market Institutions compared to the global digital transformation, and the status of the digital transformation in said institutions, key obstacles faced in the process of digital transformation and the key sectors to put focus on in digital transformation process in the Capital Market Institutions. Risks of rapid digital transformation and how to protect information were discussed at the end of the session.

The second dialogue session discussed how attractive are the investment instruments and products available in the Saudi capital market and the role of the foreign investment in supporting the capital market. Further, the session also discussed the role of the Capital Market Institutions' territorial and external branches in attracting the global investment and the experience of the global Capital Market Institutions in the Saudi market.

During the Forum, many workshops were held on the challenges and opportunities in the real estate investment funds, capital market's investment products, and development