Best Managed Companies in the Middle East 2014: Saudi markets get chance to shine?

The opening up of the Saudi Stock Exchange to foreign investors could be a watershed moment for the country’s capital markets. Bankers predict a rush of deals to soak up demand. But what will foreign investors find in the Middle East’s biggest market? And can structural issues over settlement be solved?

Saudi Arabian institutions dominate Euromoney’s best managed companies in the Middle East survey this year. Jeddah’s NCB Capital is the best research house, and monopolizes individual categories; Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, is the best exchange; Al Marai has the best treasury; and seven of our sector winners are listed in the country.

Perhaps this should not be a surprise, because Saudi Arabian investment – today and, in particular, for the future – is the subject on everyone’s lips in the region.