Dubai: The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) said it has been named by MSCI to the organisation's Emerging Market Index Watch List.
The announcement comes on the heels of a series of market reforms that Tadawul and the Capital Market Authority (CMA) have undertaken as part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 economic transformation program, which in part seeks to bring the Saudi market into alignment with its emerging and developed market peers and gain recognition for the country as an indexed emerging market, the Tadawul said in a statement.
"Saudi Arabia's addition to the MSCI Watch List is an important milestone for Tadawul, and reflects the Kingdom's significant progress in capital market reform in support of Vision 2030," said Sarah Al Suhaimi, Chairperson of Tadawul. "Potential inclusion in MSCI's Emerging Market Index signals to international investors that the country's capital market has attained greater maturity in terms of efficiency, governance and regulatory framework."
