Saudi investment fund assets drop to SAR 507.7B in Q3

20/12/2023 Argaam Special
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The total value of assets held by public and private investment funds in Saudi Arabia decreased by 1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to SAR 507.7 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2023.

 

The number of investment funds rose to 1,209 by the end of the three-month period, the highest on record, including 283 and 926 public and private funds, respectively, according to a report issued by the Capital Market Authority (CMA).

 

The number of subscribers to Saudi investment funds stood at nearly 1.13 million in Q3 2023, rising from 901,300 in the previous quarter.

 

Investment funds include a group of securities, selected based on specific criteria that achieve the fund's investment objectives and divided into public and private funds.

 

Profits generated by investment funds are usually capital gains, which are profits resulting from any improvement or change in prices of invested securities, in addition to dividends, if any.

 

The table below shows details of investment funds by the end of Q3 2023:

 

Investment Funds

Period

Funds

Number of Funds

Number of Subscribers

('000)

Asset Values
(SAR bln)

Q2 2023

Public

276

818.5

121.0

Private

854

82.8

393.5

Total

1130

901.3

514.5

Q3 2023

Public

283

1042.5

117.1

Private

926

84.4

390.6

Total

1209

1126.9

507.7

Change

 

+7%

+25%

(1%)

 

The public funds have 13 investment types, topped by money markets with SAR 32.2 billion, representing 27.5% of the public funds’ total assets, as shown below:

 

Public Funds by Investment Type (Q3 2023)

Asset Class

Number of Funds

Number of Subscribers

('000)

Value of Assets
(SAR bln)

Money Markets

44

35.4

32.17

REITs

19

573.4

27.46

Equity

135

198.3

26.95

Debt Instruments

18

8.9

21.82

Holding

25

37.0

3.66

Multi-Assets

9

53.6

2.06

CEFs

2

107.3

1.27

ETFs

8

16.9

0.67

Waqf

15

8.8

0.66

Real Estate

4

2.0

0.31

Balanced

1

0.5

0.06

Feeder

1

0.3

0.02

Commodity

1

0.1

0.01

Index

1

--

--

Total

283

1042.5

117.12

 
 

The local assets of public investment funds accounted for 81% of the total or nearly SAR 94.8 billion by the end of Q3 2023, while foreign assets stood at about SAR 22.3 billion.

 

Local and Foreign Assets of Public Investment Funds since 2020 (SAR bln)*

Period

Domestic

Foreign

Total Assets

Local Assets to Total (%)

Q1 2020

129.63

45.11

174.74

74.2%

Q2 2020

141.85

39.73

181.58

78.1%

Q3 2020

148.79

47.28

196.07

75.9%

Q4 2020

149.56

60.16

209.72

71.3%

Q1 2021

154.31

78.52

232.83

66.3%

Q2 2021

155.22

86.41

241.63

64.2%

Q3 2021

155.36

84.44

239.81

64.8%

Q4 2021

147.69

79.48

227.17

65.0%

Q1 2022

158.08

57.60

215.68

73.3%

Q2 2022

142.66

49.85

192.51

74.1%

Q3 2022

134.66

39.68

174.34

77.2%

Q4 2022

101.19

24.92

126.11

80.2%

Q1 2023

95.60

20.41

116.01

82.4 %

Q2 2023

94.35

26.65

121.01

78.0 %

Q3 2023

94.83

22.28

117.12

81.0 %

*Including REITs as of Q4 2016

 

The following table shows public funds investing in stocks since the beginning of 2020:

 

Public Funds Investing in Stocks since the Beginning of 2020

Period

Number of Funds

Number of Subscribers

('000)

Assets Value (SAR bln)

Q1 2020

132

147.11

16.12

Q2 2020

130

146.44

18.24

Q3 2020

130

145.00

20.19

Q4 2020

128

142.97

21.22

Q1 2021

126

141.41

23.51

Q2 2021

126

140.78

25.19

Q3 2021

126

141.57

26.42

Q4 2021

129

142.32

25.10

Q1 2022

125

142.89

28.26

Q2 2022

125

142.90

24.41

Q3 2022

122

142.10

24.58

Q4 2022

123

140.63

23.26

Q1 2023

125

139.82

24.31

Q2 2023

130

144.93

26.93

Q3 2023

135

198.28

26.95

 

The value of assets held by equity and real estate funds made up 84% of the private funds’ total assets, reaching SAR 183.3 billion and SAR 143.8 billion, respectively, as follows:

 

Private Funds by Investment Type (Q3 2023)

Asset Class

Number of Funds

Number of Subscribers

Value of Assets
(SAR bln)

Equity

176

820

183.34

Real Estate

365

59849

143.76

Multi-Assets

112

593

25.50

Private Equity

158

6306

18.15

Debt Instruments

30

892

11.74

Money Markets

8

528

4.08

Financing

25

14492

2.04

Venture Capital

26

754

1.57

Feeder

18

165

0.41

Waqf

5

1

0.03

Commodity

3

0

--

Total

926

84400

390.62

 

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