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SouqData covers 11 exchanges across the GCC + MENA region: Saudi Tadawul (TDWL), Dubai Financial Market (DFM), Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), Boursa Kuwait (BK), Muscat Securities Market (MSX), Bahrain Bourse (BHB), Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Borsa Istanbul (BIST), Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX), and Egyptian Exchange (EGX). Coverage depth varies by exchange and is shown per-page.

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Underlying data refreshes daily via an automated pipeline (governance recompute, screener materialised view refresh, disclosure timeliness backfill). Source-data ingestion (annual reports, board changes, dividend declarations) runs on per-exchange cadences depending on filing patterns.

What this page covers

KYC/AML intelligence, beneficial ownership analysis, PEP screening, conflict detection, and regulatory risk assessment across GCC-listed companies.

SouqData covers 11 GCC + MENA exchanges (TDWL, DFM, ADX, QSE, BK, MSX, BHB, ASE, BIST, ISX, EGX). Coverage depth varies by exchange and data category — gaps are surfaced in the page's data displays rather than hidden. Underlying data refreshes daily via an automated pipeline; per-exchange ingestion runs on filing-driven cadences.

Compliance & Due Diligence Hub

Name: GCC Corporate Governance Dataset
Creator: SouqData
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

KYC/AML intelligence, beneficial ownership analysis, PEP screening, conflict detection, and regulatory risk assessment across GCC-listed companies.

9,796

Directors Tracked

184

PEPs Identified

1,973

Companies Screened

4,347

Shareholder Records

Beneficial Ownership & KYC

UBO Analysis

Trace ownership through nominees and custodians to ultimate beneficial owners.

Shareholder Concentration

Top-20 holder analysis, HHI concentration, nominee percentage.

Fund Intelligence

SWF and institutional fund holdings across GCC.

Merchant Families

GCC merchant family cross-holdings and business groups.

PEP & Political Exposure

PEP Screening

Politically exposed persons identification — ruling families, SWFs, government.

Royal Family Ownership

Ruling family board presence and ownership across exchanges.

Government Ownership

State and sovereign wealth fund ownership mapping.

Influence Score

Political and economic connectedness scoring.

Conflicts & Interlocks

Conflict Checking

Cross-reference 2+ companies for shared directors, auditors, shareholders.

Board Interlocks

Directors serving on multiple boards simultaneously.

Overboarding

ISS/Glass Lewis 5+ seat threshold detection.

Director Network

Interactive force graph of board connections.

Risk Assessment

Director Failure Rates

Historical association with receivership, delisting, distress.

Regulatory Risk

Enforcement actions, penalties, sanctions.

Narrative Risk

Going concern, covenant breach, litigation language.

Governance Risk

Multi-factor governance scoring A-F.

Audit & Financial Integrity

Audit Opinions

Going concern, KAMs, modified opinions.

Accounting Quality

Earnings quality and Beneish M-Score.

Auditor Quality

Big 4 vs mid-tier, tenure, fee ratios.

Related Party Transactions

RPT disclosure and materiality.

Disclosure & Transparency

Disclosure Compliance

8 CMA disclosure categories, weighted scoring.

Earnings Completeness

9-component financial disclosure scoring.

Corporate Language

Buzzword tracking and narrative trends.

Greenwashing Detection

ESG narrative vs evidence gap detection.

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