Title: Press Release: Launching the Preparation of the Capital Markets Authority’s Fourth Strategy (2027/2028-2030/2031)

Kuwait, 27 May 2025 – The Capital Markets Authority (CMA), since its establishment, pursued to developing the legislative and regulatory infrastructure and diversifying the investment tools in the capital markets, in addition to enhancing the investors confidence, strengthening the governance principles, and raising the disclosure and transparency level in the capital markets. In order to achieve its objectives, the CMA was keen to become one of the leading entities in strategic planning through adopting a comprehensive institutional approach in preparing and implementing its plans. In this context, the CMA has launched the preparation of its fourth strategy, which will cover the period (2027/2028-2030/2031), and it formed an internal team from the CMA’s specialized cadres to prepare and design the next strategy. Moreover, the CMA has held an internal workshop for its employees for launching the preparation of the fourth strategy, in the presence of Chairman of the Board of Commissioners – the Managing Director, who delivered a speech and emphasized on the importance of continuing this excellence and developing it in line with the stage’s changes, and stated that the CMA’s fourth strategy is a central opportunity for unifying visions, and aligning the aspirations of the Board of Commissioners with the CMA’s strategic directives’ path for the coming phase. He also stated that based on the importance of the institutional participation, the contribution of all organizational units is a main element for the success of the strategic planning, as the role of each unit is not limited to operational work, but it also includes the effective contribution in developing the CMA’s work and contributing to draft the plan’s components in order to build a realistic plan that reflects the aspirations. Moreover, he emphasized on the importance of the CMA’s leaders and all stakeholders’ participation in this stage to achieve the outputs of the strategic plan’s preparation in accordance with an approved timetable.

On the other hand, the fourth strategy’s preparation team leader stated that this step comes within the framework of the pursuit of ensuring the continuity and consistency of implementing CMA’s strategic directives through connected plans that ensures a smooth transition from the current plan to the new plan without time or implementation gaps.

Furthermore, in continuation of the CMA’s efforts in implementing the first stage of the fourth strategy’s preparation stages, which includes internal analyses and determination of strategic aspirations, the CMA started implementing a comprehensive communication plan with the persons of interest from the entities that are related to its activities to identify their aspirations and needs which they consider important to be listed within the CMA’s strategic priorities and in accordance with the CMA’s roles and competencies.

In this context, the CMA plans to publish a public opinion poll through its website and notify those registered through its electronic portal to participate, and to announce the opinion poll in the main page of the website and CMA’s social media accounts.

The CMA is currently communicating with the concerned government entities, primarily the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit, Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority, Insurance Regulatory Unit, Boursa Kuwait Securities Company, and Kuwait Clearing Company, in addition to other supervisory entities such as the Supreme Council for Planning and Development and Government Performance Follow-Up Agency, in order to view their visions with regard to the CMA’s current and future roles, and its contribution in the institutional system at the national level.

The communication scope extends to include professional and sectorial entities, such as Union of Investment Companies, Kuwait Economic Society, CFA Society Kuwait, and Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the purpose of surveying their opinions and remarks on their needs and aspirations from the CMA.

Moreover, the team started conducting an internal analysis through limiting the directives and aspirations of Members of the Board of Commissioners, Heads of Sectors, and all Offices, Departments, and organizational Units at the CMA in introduction to analyzing the results of both the internal and external opinion poll and drafting the strategic aspirations in a unified and realistic form that reflects the needs and aspirations of the CMA and the financial society.

These efforts are based on the CMA’s belief of the importance of planning in directing the available resources efficiently and effectively and enhancing its ability to perform its supervisory and regulatory role on the capital markets in the State of Kuwait, in order to achieve a direct impact in supporting the national economy and contributing to achieve Kuwait economic vision.

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Notes to Editors:
The Capital Markets Authority was established pursuant to Law No. 7/2010, approved by the Kuwaiti Parliament in February 2010. Pursuant to the Law, the CMA shall regulate and supervise the securities activities, achieve transparency and fairness, observe listed companies’ execution of Corporate Governance regulations, and protect investors from unfair practices which violate the CMA's Law.
Furthermore, the Law's provisions stipulate the supervision of mergers, acquisitions, and disclosure operations. The CMA also aims to provide awareness programs related to securities activities.
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