Saudi Arabia leads in stock lending as short selling grows

September 25, 2024--Short selling requires stock lending
Lending fee revenue rising
Saudi companies dominate

Saudi Arabia is the Middle East's most active market for stock lending- an important part of the process of short selling-and demand from borrowers is likely to increase as more sophisticated investors start trading, new research suggests.

In stock lending, an entity-usually a broker or financial institution-pays a fee to borrow shares in a company from an investor in that company. The borrower uses the shares for short selling or other hedging strategies.

Lunate Launches Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF, the First Thematic ETF to List on ADX, Tracking the Solactive Developed Quantum Computing Index

September 1, 2025--Solactive is pleased to announce its first collaboration with Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based global investment management firm, with the launch of the Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF, which tracks the Solactive Developed Quantum Computing Index. The ETF will become the first thematic ETF to list on ADX (Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange), marking a significant milestone in the expansion of local investment offerings.

Mideast Stocks: Gulf bourses trade lower ahead of key Fed speech

August 20, 2025--The Qatari benchmark index slipped 0.6%
Most Gulf equities were down in early trade on Wednesday as investors braced for what U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will say about the path of interest rates at a key conference later in the week.