Hong Kong and Saudi work on cross-border financial products

May 30, 2025--Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia are considering allowing more cross-border financial products as the two markets seek to deepen financial ties amid rising trade uncertainties.
An exchange-traded fund tracking bonds issued by the Saudi government started trading in Hong Kong on Thursday, the first fixed-income fund listed in the territory to offer such exposure.

Apart from the fund, more products-such as a sharia-compliant sukuk bond and a real estate investment trust -are "in the pipeline" for approval to trade between Hong Kong and Riyadh, said Julia Leung, CEO of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission.

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.