Parallel Stock Exchange for Sustainable Market Growth

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Parallel stock

exchange for
sustainable market
growth
Prof. Lakshmi Kalyanaraman
SMEs
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are at the gross root of
sustainable development of any successful economy.

• Critical for job creation, innovation and inclusive economic growth

• Significant contribution to GDP


Recommendations for financial and
sustainability
• RBI committee on MSME lists

• Infrastructure development

• Capacity building

• Technological upgradation

• Improving forward and backward linkages


Challenges
• Risk averse and lack motivation to innovate

• Lack of access to credit flow


Debt market
• ???
Equity market
• Lemons problem
Parallel market for SMEs
• Customized listing and regulatory requirements

• As of 2017, 33 SME markets across 29 WFE (World Federation of


Exchanges) member exchanges were operating with a total of 6807
listed companies with a total market capitalization of over USD 1.3
trillion.
TADAWUL – Main market
# firms listed
250
231
223
210
199 203
200 190
179

150

100

50

0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Nomu
• Nomu, the parallel market was launched on the 26th February 2017

• Stated objectives

• Additional source of funding for issuers to access capital

• Increased diversification and deepening of the Saudi capital market


Nomu – contd.
• Operational since 26th February 2017

• After two years of listing on Nomu, companies can transit to the main
market after complying with the process required by CMA.

• More relaxed in terms of minimum Marketcap, number of public


shareholders and continuous obligations
Nomu – contd.
• Qualified investors
Nomu performance

Source: Argaam
IPOs
Year # IPOs # shares (Mn.) IPO proceeds
(SAR. Mn.)
2017 9 20.48 752.25
2018 1 1.20 32.40
2019
2020 1 1.25 30.00
2021 6 8.59 1,940.97
2022 17 21.25 1,257.72
2023 7 25.26 1,094.36
Nomu – contd.
• 2019 – Direct listing without IPO to boost liquidity and increased
number of listed firms
Direct listings
Year # listings
2020 1
2021 8
2022 13
2023 8
Source: Argaam
Nomu – contd.
• 2021 Foreign investors are directly allowed in Nomu market
Foreign investment
foreign investment SAR Mn.
600
563.99

500

440.47

400

300

200

103.45
100

0
2021 2022 2023
Market ownership by investor
category (% of the market)
Year Institutional shareholding Non-institutional shareholding
2017 11.17 88.83
2018 8.28 91.72
2019 3.56 96.44
2020 32.39 67.61
2021 24.66 75.34
2022 30.18 69.82
2023 48.03 51.97
Performance of firms post-migration

Source: Argaam

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