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The Boards and Capital Contributor Desk writes explainers and analysis. Analysis is labelled as analysis. Outside contributors are named on the piece when they write under their own name.
Columns on this desk: Small Print.
GovernanceExplainer
Saudi shareholders can now remove directors under amended CMA rules
Holders of 10 per cent of voting shares can trigger a removal vote, with fixed rules on notice, a 75-day replacement window and re-nomination.
Capital MarketsAnalysis
Six Saudi IPO approvals expire with no prospectus
Of seven Main Market flotations cleared between November and March, one reached a prospectus, and new book-building rules take effect on 2 November.
GovernanceExplainer
AIFC rules set seven binding board principles and a comply-or-explain code
The annual report must say whether companies adopt the Schedule 3 standards, and a false explanation would breach the ban on misleading statements.
GovernanceAnalysis
Tenure limits for independent directors vary by market
The UK Code and Air Astana's code treat nine years as a factor to explain, while four other texts remove independence at six, nine or 12 years.
InsightExplainer
Türkiye's regulator vets independent directors before shareholders vote
The CMB has 30 days to give an adverse opinion that bars a candidate, and can appoint independent directors itself if a company still fails to comply.
GovernanceExplainer
Türkiye's fund investigation rests on a specific article for each step
The legal texts set outer limits of six months for fund liquidations and forced sales of factoring stakes, and two years for each trading ban.
GovernanceAnalysis
Courts and a regulator took control of Destek and PKP Cargo from boards
Control moved in eight days by three legal routes, and the filings show what is left to directors and minority holders.
InsightAnalysis
Fed minutes point to another US rate rise by year-end
For central banks in Kuwait, Ukraine and Hungary, the minutes reduce the chance that the global backdrop turns supportive before the year ends.
GovernanceExplainer
What the AIFC rules require of a board, part 1: the duties every director owes
The AIFC Companies Regulations set who may sit on a board, how directors are chosen and seven duties the articles cannot weaken.
BankingAnalysis
Kazakhstan rate preview: committee median implies 25 more basis points by year-end
Annual inflation slowed to 9.3% in September, but base effects and a weaker tenge complicate the National Bank's 23 October decision, according to official data.
BankingExplainer
Real policy rates in six emerging markets range from 1.0 to 7.6 percentage points
A Data Desk comparison shows Uzbekistan, Türkiye and Kazakhstan with the widest gaps over inflation and Azerbaijan the narrowest, ahead of five decisions by 29 October.
