Fund of Funds
An investment fund whose primary investment objective is to invest all its assets in another investment fund.
Public Fund
An investment fund established in the Kingdom whose units may be offered by the fund manager to investors in the Kingdom in accordance with the provisions of Chapter Four of the Investment Funds Regulations, through any method other than a private offering.
Private Fund
An investment fund established in the Kingdom that is not a public fund, and whose units may be offered to investors in the Kingdom in accordance with the provisions set out in Chapter Five of the Investment Funds Regulations.
Investment Fund
A collective investment channel or instrument that aims to invest funds on behalf of investors and provide them with opportunities to participate in the fund’s profits, which are managed by a fund manager for specified fees. An investment fund can be open-ended or closed-ended. The main types of investment funds include equity funds, bond funds, […]
Balanced funds
These are investment funds whose primary investment objective is to invest all their assets in other investment funds.
Multi-Asset Funds
Funds that invest in several types of assets, such as stocks, bonds, sukuk, money market transactions, and units of other investment funds.
Real Estate Investment Traded Funds (REITs)
Publicly offered real estate investment funds whose units are traded on the Saudi financial market. Their investment objective is to invest in developed real estate that can generate periodic rental income. They distribute a specified percentage of the fund’s net profits in cash to the unit holders in this fund throughout its term, on an […]
Sukuk
Documents representing ownership of an undivided share in tangible assets, or a mixed pool of tangible and other assets, which may be assets in a specific project or a particular investment activity, in accordance with Sharia provisions.
Goodwill
It can be theoretically defined as the present value of a company’s future earnings that exceed the earnings of other companies in a particular field. In other words, it is the value of the company’s name, reputation, customer relationships, and other intangible factors that enhance its competitive position and ability to generate extraordinary profits in […]
Transparency
Transparency largely depends on the availability and accessibility of accurate, material information without delay, postponement, or omission—most importantly, information on price and quantity—in a way that ensures the integrity of transactions and the market. The Securities and Commodities Authority has worked to deepen a culture of transparency through a legislative infrastructure framework, making transparency mandatory […]