Saudi Islamic equity funds maintain appeal as fixed income and real estate funds contract
SAUDI ARABIA: In Saudi Arabia, money market funds had the strongest quarter-over-quarter (q-o-q) AuM growth in Q1 2026, while fixed income and real estate funds slightly contracted as other asset classes charted expansion, according to the IFN Investor Funds Database.
AuM of Islamic money market funds surged 11.56% q-o-q to US$27.28 billion at the end of March 2026, while mixed asset funds rose 5.77% to US$5.17 billion. The Kingdom’s two commodity funds jumped 71.55% to US$72.51 million. Equities remain the largest asset class by a large margin at US$13.32 billion, rising 5.32% q-o-q.
Over the same period, fixed income funds declined by 5.16% to US$4.11 billion while real estate funds AuM shrunk by 3.33% to US$7.96 billion.
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