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The stock market regulator is investigating a string of disappointing public listings. The idea is to send a message.
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Saudi Arabia has a public listing problem. More than 70% of the companies that listed in 2025 were trading below their IPO prices by January 2026. And new deals have largely dried up. The situation has now caught the stock market regulator’s attention.
A report by Semafor late last week says an investigation has been underway by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) for a few months now, looking into the IPOs dating back to at least early 2025.
The regulator has approached local and international banks with detailed questions around these public listings—on how the offerings were priced, how discussions …
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