Regulatory context | InvestArab
Educational overview of CMA Kuwait securities regulation, CMA Circular No. 10 of 2023, MISA, SAMA, and regional GCC regulatory frameworks. Not legal advice; due diligence remains with the reader.
InvestArab is a trading name of Arab Investment Company K.S.C.C. (AIC), which holds a licence from the Capital Markets Authority of Kuwait — licence AP/2016/0001 — covering custody, securities brokerage (not exchange-registered), portfolio management, collective investment schemes, investment advice, investment control and subscription agency. Scope note: the CMA has not licensed virtual-asset services in Kuwait (Circular No. 10 of 2023, 17 July 2023); the digital-asset features therefore sit outside the CMA's virtual-asset perimeter and are not covered by a dedicated virtual-asset licence. Established 2006 (Commercial Registration 117720, capital >USD 50,000,000). AIC states that securities client assets are held 1:1 in segregated custody under CMA Kuwait Book 5. Actual segregation has not been independently attested; this securities licence does not cover custodial crypto wallets. Official register record: CMA Kuwait Public Register.
Regulatory perimeter
InvestArab is a trading name of Arab Investment Company K.S.C.C. (AIC), which holds a licence from the Capital Markets Authority of Kuwait — licence AP/2016/0001 — covering custody, securities brokerage (not exchange-registered), portfolio management, collective investment schemes, investment advice, investment control and subscription agency. Scope note: the CMA has not licensed virtual-asset services in Kuwait (Circular No. 10 of 2023, 17 July 2023); the digital-asset features therefore sit outside the CMA's virtual-asset perimeter and are not covered by a dedicated virtual-asset licence.
Covered by the CMA securities licence
- custody
- securities brokerage (not exchange-registered)
- portfolio management
- CIS management
- investment advice
- investment control
- subscription agency
Not covered by the CMA securities licence
- spot crypto trading (not covered by the CMA securities licence)
- custodial crypto wallets (not covered by the CMA securities licence)
- P2P crypto escrow (not covered by the CMA securities licence)
- AUSD (withdrawn 2026-10-20 — no longer issued or sold)
- precious-metals vault (not covered by the CMA securities licence)
Kuwait CMA Circular No. 10 of 2023 (17 July 2023) prohibits virtual asset activities within Kuwait. The platform operator asserts regional cross-border servicing; however, no cross-border exemption exists under Kuwait CMA rules for virtual assets, and providing digital-asset services across borders sits outside the CMA licence perimeter and requires qualified legal review in each client jurisdiction.
Regulatory context
InvestArab is a trading name of Arab Investment Company K.S.C.C. (AIC), which holds a licence from the Capital Markets Authority of Kuwait — licence AP/2016/0001 — covering custody, securities brokerage (not exchange-registered), portfolio management, collective investment schemes, investment advice, investment control and subscription agency. Scope note: the CMA has not licensed virtual-asset services in Kuwait (Circular No. 10 of 2023, 17 July 2023); the digital-asset features therefore sit outside the CMA's virtual-asset perimeter and are not covered by a dedicated virtual-asset licence. AIC states that securities client assets are held 1:1 in segregated custody under CMA Kuwait Book 5. Actual segregation has not been independently attested; this securities licence does not cover custodial crypto wallets.
Kuwait CMA Circular No. 10 of 2023 (17 July 2023) prohibits virtual asset activities within Kuwait. The platform operator asserts regional cross-border servicing; however, no cross-border exemption exists under Kuwait CMA rules for virtual assets, and providing digital-asset services across borders sits outside the CMA licence perimeter and requires qualified legal review in each client jurisdiction. No local financial services licence from the Saudi CMA or UAE SCA/VARA is claimed.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03.
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