Saudi Arabia: CMA publishes amended Corporate Governance Regulations

The Capital Market Authority has adopted an amended edition of its Corporate Governance Regulations: see here (pdf, English). Further information, including related company law changes, is available here.

OECD Corporate Governance Factbook - second edition published

Yesterday the OECD published the second edition of its Corporate Governance Factbook: see here (pdf). The book provides information on all OECD member countries as well as Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

BCBS update on Basel III implementation

A few days ago the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a short statement concerning Basel III implementation: see here. In its statement the Committee noted that eleven jurisdictions had published final regulations implementing Basel III with effect from 1 January 2013: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and Switzerland. The following seven jurisdictions have published draft regulations and are, according to the BCBS, working on issuing final regulations as quickly as possible: Argentina, Brazil, the European Union, Indonesia, Korea, Russia and the United States. Turkey will be issuing draft regulations in early 2013.

Saudi Arabia: Corporate Governance Regulations added to the ECGI directory

The codes and principles directory maintained by the European Corporate Governance Institute has been updated to include a copy of the Corporate Governance Regulations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia published by the Capital Market Authority: see here.

Saudi Arabia: Corporate Governance Regulations

The codes directory maintained by the European Corporate Governance Institute has been updated to include a copy, in English, of the Corporate Governance Regulations for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, published by the Capital Market Authority: see here.