On 9 July 2025, the Capital Market Authority (the “CMA”) has announced a series of significant regulatory enhancements aimed at furthering the development of the Kingdom’s investment fund industry. These amendments, effective...more
7/31/2025
/ Asset Management ,
Capital Markets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Fee Caps ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Funds ,
Investor Protection ,
New Regulations ,
Private Funds ,
Real Estate Development ,
Real Estate Investments ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements
This is our third client briefing in our “Evolving Face of Finance” series which considers private credit’s emergence in the real estate sector in the Middle East and which follows on from our previous client briefing on...more
The Gulf Cooperation Council region (the GCC) is becoming an ever-more important destination for the global private credit market. In this client briefing we explore the region’s rising prominence as a key destination for...more
4/16/2025
/ Capital Markets ,
Creditors ,
Debt ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ,
Investment Funds ,
Lenders ,
Liquidity ,
Loans ,
Middle East ,
Private Equity ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
In August 2016, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the federal securities regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adopted new investment funds regulations (the 2016 Fund Regulations), which repealed...more