Interactive Brokers and SNB Capital Enable Investors to Access the Saudi Exchange
October 09 2024 - 1:30AM
Business Wire
Foreign Investors Can Now Access the Largest
Stock Exchange in the Middle East through Interactive
Brokers
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global
electronic broker, and SNB Capital, the leading broker on the Saudi
Exchange and largest investment bank in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, have announced a collaboration that will allow eligible
international investors to access the Saudi Exchange through the
Interactive Brokers platform.
With this landmark alliance, Interactive Brokers is the first
global broker to allow foreign investors to directly own and trade
securities listed on the Saudi Exchange. Clients of Interactive
Brokers can now invest in Saudi equities alongside global stocks,
options, futures, bonds, funds, and more from a single unified
platform.
The collaboration was launched today during a bell-ringing
ceremony at the Saudi Exchange, in Riyadh, with the presence of SNB
Capital’s Head of Securities Loai Bafaqeeh and James Bradie, IBKR’s
Senior Executive Officer for Interactive Brokers’ new office in
Dubai International Finance Center.
The Saudi Exchange is among the top ten largest stock markets
within the 72 members of the World Federation of Exchanges and is
the dominant market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with
over 415 listed securities across 22 sectors, offering a versatile
and diverse landscape of listed securities. Clients of Interactive
Brokers can diversify and expand their investment portfolios to
include Saudi stocks, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and
exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that trade on the Middle East’s
largest stock exchange, broadening their investment prospects.
“We are pleased to work with SNB Capital and give investors the
ability to trade Saudi equities in addition to our already vast
array of global products and markets at low cost,” said Milan
Galik, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Brokers.
Saudi Arabia, the largest economy by GDP and leading capital
market in the Middle East, is currently undergoing significant
social and economic transformation under its overarching national
strategy, Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to further develop an
already diversified, accessible, and competitive economy.
“Our collaboration with Interactive Brokers comes as an
extension to our role as the Saudi national champion and perfectly
aligns with our strategic objectives contributing to achieving the
ambitious goals of Saudi Vision 2030’s Financial Sector Development
Program (FSDP); to develop an advanced financial market and provide
an effective investment platform with a diversified investor base,”
said Rashed Sharif, Chief Executive Officer of SNB Capital.
For more information about access to the Saudi Exchange through
Interactive Brokers, please visit:
US - Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange (and countries served by IB
LLC) Canada - Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange United
Kingdom - Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange Europe - Saudi Arabia
Stock Exchange India - Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange Hong
Kong - Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange Singapore - Saudi Arabia
Stock Exchange Australia - Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange
The Best Informed Investors Choose Interactive Brokers
About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.: Interactive
Brokers Group affiliates provide automated trade execution and
custody of securities, commodities, and foreign exchange around the
clock on over 150 markets in numerous countries and currencies,
from a single unified platform to clients worldwide. We serve
individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups,
financial advisors and introducing brokers. Our four decades of
focus on technology and automation has enabled us to equip our
clients with a uniquely sophisticated platform to manage their
investment portfolios. We strive to provide our clients with
advantageous execution prices and trading, risk and portfolio
management tools, research facilities and investment products, all
at low or no cost, positioning them to achieve superior returns on
investments. Interactive Brokers has consistently earned
recognition as a top broker, garnering multiple awards and
accolades from respected industry sources such as Barron’s,
Investopedia, Stockbrokers.com, and many others.
About SNB Capital: SNB Capital Company, a licensed
entity by Capital Market Authority (CMA), is a leading regional
financial institution with deep industry expertise across five
business lines: Asset Management, Wealth Management, Securities,
Investment Banking, and Principal Investments. SNB Capital is the
largest asset manager in Saudi Arabia with SAR 260 billion (USD
69.3 billion) of assets under management as of March 2024. SNB
Capital (DIFC) Limited is established in the DIFC and regulated as
a category 3A prudential financial institution by the DFSA
specializing in the asset management of alternative assets.
Further information is available at www.alahlicapital.com.
Follow SNB Capital on Twitter @Capital_SNB
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241008108825/en/
Contact for Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Media: Katherine
Ewert, media@ibkr.com
Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR)
Historical Stock Chart
From Oct 2024 to Nov 2024
Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ:IBKR)
Historical Stock Chart
From Nov 2023 to Nov 2024