HSBC Saudi Arabia hosts annual investor forum

This year, more than 140 investors that represent large global investment companies were invited to attend meetings with more than 35 listed Saudi companies.

The annual HSBC Saudi Arabia investor forum was recently held in Riyadh. The forum aimed to introduce foreign investors to listed companies in the Saudi stock market. This year, more than 140 investors that represent large global investment companies were invited to attend meetings with more than 35 listed Saudi companies from various sectors of the Saudi financial market, such as banking, petrochemical industries, telecommunications, cement industries, food industry and real estate.
“The main aim of this annual forum is to encourage foreign investors to invest in the Saudi stock market, by organizing meetings especially for them with the management teams of listed companies and introducing them to the global standards of the Saudi financial market, which covers the governance of companies and the transparency of the market, so that it will be a positive incentive to attract major investors to the Saudi financial market,” a press release from HSBC said.