Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority Adopts New Bond Issuance System Using Bloomberg
March 28, 2018
His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Alkholifey, Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, (center right) and David Strevens, Regional Manager – Middle East & Africa, Bloomberg L.P. (center left) at Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority headquarters in Riyadh.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has successfully completed the development of a SAMA bills and Murabahas issuance system using Bloomberg’s Auction System. This will facilitate the participation of local and international banks operating in the Kingdom in the primary market for bills and Murabahas, one of the most common Islamic financing structures. SAMA has concluded its first issuance using the new system.
His Excellency the Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, Dr. Ahmed Alkholifey stated: “The development of this platform is part of SAMA’s role in implementing the program for strengthening governance, which corresponds to the Saudi Vision 2030. Furthermore, the improvement in liquidity management instrument issuances is an important step towards developing the pricing process of SAMA’s bills and Murabahas. This aligns it with international best practice to underpin the development of the debt market and liquidity management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through electronic trading.”
“We are delighted to collaborate with SAMA on their new bond issuance system,” said Nicholas Bean, Bloomberg’s Global Head of Fixed Income Trading Products. “Bloomberg’s solution provides an optimal, cost-effective and secure way to manage operations for primary markets for issuers who would otherwise have to conduct a manual process, or have to build and implement their own solution.”
Bloomberg’s Auction System, a fully managed auction solution, allows government agencies and financial institutions to perform their auction tenders electronically, with dealers who can track auctions and enter bids via the Bloomberg Terminal. It is part of Bloomberg’s multi-asset auction offering, which is fully integrated with the data, news, analytics and communications tools available on the Terminal.
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