Saudi Arabia: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

International Monetary Fund

No 2013/213, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper focuses on Saudi Arabia’s Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. The banking sector is fairly concentrated around a few banks. The seven largest banks have a combined share of assets of 85 percent. The three largest banks have a combined share of about 45 percent, and the next four each have market shares exceeding 5 percent. The dominant shareholders of the three largest banks are government entities, the fourth largest is linked to a family business group, and the next three have ties to major international banks. Saudi Arabia implements International Financial Reporting Standards for banks, and insurance companies, and is served by the major accounting firms.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; risk management; risk profile; Sama circular; Saudi bank; banking group; internal audit; guideline document; Sama official; Sama practice; Credit risk; Bank supervision; Legal support in revenue administration; Internal controls; Market risk; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42
Date: 2013-07-19
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