The assets of investment funds in Saudi Arabia increased by 28% to reach $267 billion

Listen to the article. The audio text is automated, generated by an automated system

The assets of investment funds in Saudi Arabia increased by the end of the second quarter of 2026 by 28.13% on an annual basis, supported by the rise in the assets of public and private funds, so that the total assets exceeded the trillion riyals barrier for the first time.

The value of the assets of investment funds operating in Saudi Arabia (public and private) reached $266.99 billion (1.001 trillion riyals) at the end of the second quarter of this year, compared to $208.38 billion (781.41 billion riyals) at the end of the same quarter of the year 2025, according to statistics prepared by “Arabiya Business” based on the quarterly statistical bulletin issued by the Capital Market Authority.

On a quarterly basis, the assets of investment funds in Saudi Arabia increased by about 7.4% during the second quarter of 2026 from their value at the end of the previous quarter, as they amounted to $248.64 billion (932.39 billion riyals) at the end of the first quarter of this year.

The number of subscribers to Saudi investment funds increased by 0.46% at the end of the second quarter of this year on an annual basis, reaching 1.77 million subscribers, compared to 1.76 million subscribers at the end of the same quarter of last year, while their number decreased by about 0.8% on a quarterly basis compared to 1.78 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2026.

The assets of public investment funds increased by 19.02% at the end of the second quarter of 2026 on an annual basis, to $65.46 billion (245.48 billion riyals), compared to their value at the end of the same quarter of 2025, which amounted to $54.99 billion (206.24 billion riyals).

The assets of public investment funds also increased by 5.95% in the second quarter of 2026 from their value at the end of the first quarter, which amounted to $61.79 billion (231.69 billion riyals).

The assets values ​​of public funds were concentrated in local money market deal funds, at a value of $24.83 billion (93.1 billion riyals) at the end of the second quarter of 2026, after recording a growth of 34.4% on an annual basis, as they amounted to $18.47 billion (69.27 billion riyals) at the end of the same quarter of last year.

The assets of public funds in local stocks came in second place at $11.83 billion (44.36 billion riyals), despite a decrease of about 4% on an annual basis, followed by assets in real estate investment funds at $7.62 billion (28.57 billion riyals), an increase of 8.4%, then foreign money market deal funds worth $1 billion (18.51 billion riyals), recording a growth of about 99.8% over their value at the end of the second quarter of the year. 2025 AD.

Most of the assets of public investment funds are located in stocks, not including ETFs and real estate traded funds, in local stocks, amounting to $10.15 billion (38.06 billion riyals).

The assets of public funds in Gulf stocks amounted to $875.19 million (3.28 billion riyals), followed by assets in Arab stocks with a value of $99.87 million (374.52 million riyals), then Asian ones with a value of $79.15 million (296.81 million riyals).

The assets of public investment funds were distributed among local assets worth $54.21 billion (203.3 billion riyals), recording an increase of about 14.77% by the end of the second quarter of 2026 on an annual basis, and foreign assets worth $11.25 billion (42.17 billion riyals), recording a growth of 44.8%.

The number of public investment funds in Saudi Arabia rose to 371 funds by the end of the second quarter of 2026, compared to 328 funds in the same quarter of last year, and compared to 363 funds in the first quarter of this year.

Public funds were concentrated in several investments, most notably stocks with 164 funds, followed by money markets with 53 funds, then endowment funds with 27 funds.

The number of subscribers to public investment funds reached 1.588 million subscribers at the end of the second quarter of the year 2026, compared to 1.6 million subscribers at the end of the same quarter in 2025, a decrease in their number by 1.17%, while their number reached 1.59 million subscribers at the end of the previous quarter, a decrease by about 0.2%.

As for the assets of private investment funds, they recorded an increase of 31.4% at the end of the second quarter of 2026 on an annual basis, reaching $201.53 billion (755.74 billion riyals), compared to $153.38 billion (575.18 billion riyals) at the end of the same quarter of last year, while they amounted to $186.85 billion (700.69 billion riyals) in the previous quarter, an increase of 7.86%.

Real estate funds accounted for 56.18% of the value of the assets of private investment funds in Saudi Arabia by the end of the second quarter of 2026, amounting to $113.23 billion (424.61 billion riyals), followed by stock funds with a percentage of 28.6% and a total of $57.69 billion (216.36 billion riyals).

The number of private funds reached 1,878 funds at the end of the second quarter of 2026, compared to 1,407 funds at the end of the same quarter of 2025, while their number was 1,788 funds at the end of the first quarter of the current year.

The number of subscribers to private funds reached 180.99 thousand subscribers at the end of the second quarter of this year, an increase of 17.4% on an annual basis, compared to 154.18 thousand subscribers at the end of the same quarter of 2025 AD, while their number decreased by about 5.6% compared to 191.8 thousand subscribers in the first quarter of 2026 AD.