CMA LAW: Press Release: In the Twenty-Fourth Issue of the Capital Markets Authority’s Electronic Awareness Magazine – Tifouni: CMA’s Institutional Efficiency Enabled it to Address the Consequences of the Regional Geopolitical Crisis

Kuwait, June 3, 2026 – “CMA’s systematic and proactive approach, its digital transformation strategy, and operational flexibility” were the tools of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to address the consequences of the turbulent regional circumstances of the geopolitical crisis resulting from the US-Israeli War on Iran. This summarizes the “Editorial” of the latest issue of the CMA’s electronic awareness magazine by Mr. Emad Ahmad Tifouni, Chairman of the CMA Board of Commissioners – the Managing Director. However, Mr. Tifouni believes that the most prominent side of this framework refers to our frontliners who enabled the CMA -as in the case with our national institutions- to continue performing its tasks to the highest standard.

The topics of the other sections of the issue varied between legal and investment awareness, financial technologies issues, CMA’s various initiatives such as sustainability, collective investment schemes, etc., and coverage of CMA’s news and events during the issuance period that extended from last March and May.
The “Economic Leaders” section paid tribute to the biography of the late Yousef Abdul-Hadi Fahad Al-Mailem, renowned for his good reputation and a symbol of trustworthiness, and his commercial leadership during the period that preceded modern renaissance and its early stages. This was followed by the “Legal Section” which discussed the topic of regulating CMA’s legislations regarding pledge of securities.

As for the “Issue Event" section, it presented CMA’s business continuity mechanisms during the current situations of the regional crisis resulting from the US-Israeli War on Iran. Such mechanisms enabled it to continue its regulatory and supervisory tasks.

The “Opinion and Vision” section discussed the topic of “The regulatory development of financial markets based on a realistic reading of the market behavior and needs”, particularly on the latest legislative amendments of launching a platform for listing and trading bonds and sukuk, the trading activity, market maker’s obligations, and others.

The current issue of the magazine had an interview with Mr. Fawaz Boresli – Head of Markets Sector at the CMA – in which he discussed several topics related to capital markets development and diversification of its investment tools, in particular the launch of a platform for listing and trading bonds and sukuk.

The “Awareness Section” covered two topics, the first of which was “Regulatory leap in the collective investment schemes: power, flexibility, and development based on solid bases”. The second topic discussed the mechanisms of building confidence with the digital investment advisors. This was followed by the “Information Awareness” section that covered the topic of voice phishing and its tools, risks, potential serious losses, and prevention measures.

The “Issue File” section, allocated for financial technologies, discussed in its first part the development of business models through the Neo-Broker and the encountered regulatory challenges, while its second part presented the radical changes brought by technology to the form of financial services and their oversight mechanisms.

CMA’s qualitative transformation strategy towards sustainability and its pillars and initiatives, which are being implemented consecutively, making it a role model for the entities subject to its supervision, was the topic of "Prospects and Trends" section.

This was followed by “The Core” section by Mr. Mohammed Al-hameed - Development and Technical Studies Section Manager at the CMA, in which he presented his opinion regarding the key prevailing fallacies about the auditor’s role and their conclusive refutations.

The “Studies” section discussed the topic of suspending trading on the Exchange on March 1st due to the exceptional circumstances and the divided opinions thereon between supporters who considered it a vital safeguard for the market, and critics who considered it restriction on trading freedom.

In the issue’s final section “In conclusion”, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Mr. Khaled Al-Saqer, Awareness, Public Relations, and Communication Office Director at the CMA, discussed the CMA’s efforts related to enhancing its external relations and the importance and indications of its international presence.

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.

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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.

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