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The Global Custodian Agent Banks in Emerging Markets Survey measures the perceptions of both domestic and cross-border respondents including banks, broker-dealers, fund managers and others, who rated their agent banks on the quality of the sub-custody, clearing and settlement services provided across 68 emerging markets.
"We are proud that our clients have rated us the Number 1 Agent Bank in Saudi Arabia. We will continue to invest in the business and work closely with the local regulators and exchanges to contribute to the further development of the Saudi market," said Timothy Gray, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Saudi Arabia Ltd.
HSBC Saudi Arabia Ltd. has been providing sub-custody services to local and cross-border institutional clients in the Middle East for more than 10 years, and its network is now covering 10 countries in the region.
Zafar Khan, head of securities services, said that the award recognises HSBC Saudi Arabia's commitment to delivering the highest level of service to the clients, who have rated the Bank in the survey. "Our clients will continue to benefit from the comprehensive range of sub-custody and securities clearing services including settlement, safekeeping and corporate actions that we provide," he added.
According to Dr Mohamed A. Ramady, visiting associate professor, department of finance and economics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, the Saudi financial sector has been growing over the years and today accounts for around SR95 billion or nearby 13 per cent of GDP at constant 1999 prices. This sector, which includes finance, insurance and real estate advisory, stood at around 2 per cent of GDP in the early 1970s. The number of people employed in this sector was around 94,000 as of 2005, with Saudis representing 28,000 or nearly 30 per cent. Of these, around 5 per cent were Saudi females. The total number of private sector employees for 2005 was estimated at around 5.362 million and the financial sector employment seems to be a miniscule 1.75 per cent.
"However, it is not the quantity but the quality of the financial sector workforce that counts, as these tend to be amongst the highest paid in the job categories and their "ripple" effect is far more prominent than in the other labour sectors," he said.
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