SCA’s New Corporate Governance Rules in the UAE: What Does This Mean for Investors?

We genuinely believe that the new rules will have a very positive impact on investors’ confidence in the UAE stock market. This will happen in twofold: (i) direct impact as international investors will be more comfortable to invest in the UAE stock market due to the offering that the Corporate Governance Rules provides in terms of robust governance requirements; and (ii) indirect impact as it is most likely that the new rules will enhance and upgrade the UAE ranking within the World Bank’s doing business reports, which will in turn enhance the inbound investments to the UAE market.