Title: Press Release: The Capital Markets Authority Publishes the Twenty-First Issue of its Electronic Awareness Magazine

Kuwait, September 1, 2025 – the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) announces today the publication of the 21st issue its electronic periodical awareness magazine.

The issue focused on the development side related to the capital markets, as the CMA’s development projects were the focus of several sections of the issue. In the “Editorial” section, Mr. Emad Ahmed Tifouni - Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, the Managing Director - said that the local capital markets system is at an ambitious stage and made significant progress in the paths of several development initiatives, such as launching the second batch of the first phase of the Market Development program that has various material changes, in addition to initiatives related to launching  the emerging companies market in the Exchange and  registering companies in the securities-based crowdfunding platform. He also noted to working within the directives of diversifying the investment tools, particularly bonds, sukuks, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and qualitative listings of family companies and companies that form as part of public–private partnership during the coming period.

The other sections of the report also presented the same development side. The "Issue Event" section discussed the launch of central counterparty and qualified broker forms, and the launch of the emerging companies’ market, while part of the “Opinion and Vision” section discussed the securities-based crowdfunding and its expected impacts on the investment reality in general, and the financing of small and medium enterprises in particular. The "Prospects and Trends" section detailed the CMA’s Market Development project, its major phases, and the material changes of each phase, with a focus on the third phase whose effective application coincided with the preparation period of the current issue of the magazine. Finally, the “Studies” section was allocated for margin trading and its advantages and development methods.

The other sections of the issue discussed various topics other than development. The “Economic Leaders” section paid tribute to the biography of the late Suad Al-Humaidhi, the “Legal Section” discussed the legal dimension of digitizing the administrative decision, before the discussion of the second part of the “Opinion and Vision” section of the shareholders role in protecting their defaulted listed companies by Mr. Emad Al-Husain, presenter of governance and compliance specialized programs.

The awareness section - as usual -, after introducing some definitions related to securities activities, covered several topics, for example significant results of some small events, such as the effect of butterfly and domino, and the relationship between the jurists and the international accounting standards, whether it was legal anxiety or illegal default.

The “Information Awareness” section covered the topic of data theft and its implications and protection mechanisms, while the “Issue File” section discussed the CMA’s annual reports which reflect its achievements and foresees its future visions.

This was followed by “The Core” section that discussed the topic of disclosures of related parties, and the “Events” section that presented the CMA’s most prominent events and activities during the issuance period extending between June and August.

In the issue’s final section “In conclusion”, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Mr. Khaled Al-Saqer, Awareness Office Director at the CMA, presented the topic of enhancing artificial intelligence in the Gulf capital markets within the frantic race witnessed by our world in terms of the creativity, productivity, and use of artificial intelligence.

Finally, it is worth noting that CMA’s electronic awareness magazine is a quarterly awareness publication concerned with the awareness of financial, investment, and legal issues related to securities activities, in addition to covering the CMA’s news and events during the issuance period.

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Notes to Editors:
The Capital Markets Authority was established pursuant to Law No. 7/2010, approved by the Kuwaiti Parliament in February 2010. Pursuant to the Law, the CMA shall regulate and supervise the securities activities, achieve transparency and fairness, observe listed companies’ execution of Corporate Governance regulations, and protect investors from unfair practices which violate the CMA's Law.
Furthermore, the Law's provisions stipulate the supervision of mergers, acquisitions, and disclosure operations. The CMA also aims to provide awareness programs related to securities activities.
For further information, please contact:
Public Relations & Media Office
Tel: 1888898
Email: pr-media@cma.gov.kw