ISDA published new legal opinions in June that recognise the enforceability of close-out netting in Saudi Arabia under regulations published by the Saudi Central Bank earlier this year. In this interview with IQ, Yazeed Alnafjan, the central bank’s deputy governor for financial innovation, discusses the significance of netting enforceability in the Kingdom.
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Documents (1) for IQ Interview Yazeed Alnafjan, SAMA
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