GLOBAL: Kuwait saw significant progress in its Shariah fund performances in Q4 2025, according to tracking analysis by the IFN Investor Funds Database.
In the equities segment, Kuwait recorded its total AuM surging 73.24% to US$1.38 billion from US$796.23 million in Q3 2025. This contrasted with a decline in the region’s largest market, Saudi Arabia, where the equity fund total AuM fell 11.97%, albeit at a valuation of US$12.97 billion compared to US$14.73 billion in Q3 2025.
A similar pattern was observed in the money market funds segment, where Kuwait’s total AuM jumped 63.47% to US$4.09 billion from US$2.5 billion in Q3 2025 – outpacing the 10.81% increase in Saudi Arabia to US$24.45 billion from US$22.06 billion in Q3 2025.
For these two public fund asset classes, Kuwait is ranked second in the GCC region by AuM total value – ahead of neighbors Oman, Qatar and the UAE.
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