Saudi Arabia’s Monetary Authority has signed its first cooperation agreement with Dubai’s Financial Services Authority. It was signed by the Agency’s Governor, Ahmed Al-Kholifey and the Authority’s Chairman, Saeb Eigner. It is aimed at strengthening mutual cooperation in banking and insurance activity supervision. It will also facilitate the exchange of information and oversight of institutions supervised by the respective authorities in Saudi Arabia and the Dubai International Financial Centre. In addition, it will allow secondments for employees from both the Authorities to the other.