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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2009 FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES FEAS MEETINGS DURING 2008 WORKING COMMITTEE MEETING – 14-15 MAY 2008 – BAKU AZERBAIJAN The first working committee meeting of 2008 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on the 14-15th May, 2008 at the invitation of the Baku Stock Exchange. The Working Committee focused on issues mandated by the General Assembly in 2007 and The Secretariat prepared a report for participants to discuss. 4. Organizing an exhibition where FEAS Member Stock Exchanges will be able to provide interesting information, have face to face meetings with the local and invited media 14th General Assembly Meeting – November 10-12, 2008 – Abu Dhabi, UAE The 14th Annual General Assembly of FEAS was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 12th hosted by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. The Affiliate Task Force Meeting, the 17th Executive Committee meeting and a Working Committee meeting were also held prior to the General Assembly. FEAS & MONTENEGRO STOCK EXCHANGE CONFERENCE, A STEP FORWARD JUNE 21-23, 2008 BUDVA, MONTENEGRO The Second International Conference of the Montenegro Stock Exchange (MNSE) was held in Budva, Montenegro during 5-7 June 2008, where issues like ‘Globalization of Capital Markets’, ‘Main Components of Capital Market in Europe and How to Make The South Eastern Capital Markets More Competitive’,’ Corporate Governance’’ Banks, Insurance and The Capital Market – Partners and Competitors’ and ‘Trading System – Resource or Capital Markets Improvement Tool’ were discussed. MEDIA RELATIONS WORKSHOP – 7-8TH JULY 2008 – ISTANBUL, TURKEY FEAS established a FEAS Training Center in Istanbul at the Istanbul SE FEAS Headquarters facilities, to provide members with educational opportunities and training programs. The first activity was held in July 7-8, 2008 as the FEAS Media Relations Workshop for FEAS members where they have discussed ‘’How to interact with Media during times of crises’’ where several members and speakers from Turkish and Egyptian Media talked about the current global crisis and its possible effects. Main topics that were discussed and decided upon at the 14th GA are; • Adoption of the proposed 2009 mandates for the Working committee; • The form of Publication and Distribution of the FEAS Annual Report and the FEAS Quarterly Magazines • Organizing a conference with Issuers, Brokers & Mutual Fund Managers in conjunction with the launching of the FEAS Index • Completion of the Revenue Expense Analysis from 2007-2008. • Continuation of the Serial Seminars for members of the media • Extension of the FEAS bilateral exchange program between members; • Adoption of the 2009 budget, audited statements and the 2008 year-end forecast; • Review of the 2008 activities the status of special projects with the members • Adoption of the dues schedule for 2009. PAGE 6 FEAS Website: The new FEAS website was launched on 31 July 2002 and can be found at www.feas.org. The new site contains a more concentrated emphasis on FEAS member data with profile pages (including statistics, holidays, market policies and practices and direct links to their sites), Excel downloads for all statistical data and cross member comparisons on policies, practices and statistical data, and a News Center with headlines from member markets. Newsletter: A monthly publication which includes general secretariat news, statistical stock, bond and other volume comparisons on monthly, year- todate and prior period bases, in addition to market cap, currency, number of companies traded and index statistics. Archived copies of the newsletter can be found on our website http://www.feas.org/Publications SUBSCRIBE To subscribe for the electronic version of FEAS publications, please go to www.feas.org and click on subscribe. Subscriptions include monthly notifications of statistics and newsletter updates, as well as advance notice of FEAS events and activities. CONTRIBUTORS Contributors to FEAS Publications have provided the readers with interesting insights into their operations and services. They can be seen on the FEAS website at: http://www.feas.org/Contributors.cfm You can also visit our Contributor sites; The objectives for the next 5 years of FEAS activities will be taken up at the next President’s Meeting in spring of 2009. Collaboration among FEAS members will continue until the FEAS Region gets the full recognition it deserves as the most dynamic in development and the most profitable in investments. The dual targets of creation of a common index for trading of products of joint nature and facilitation of cross border operations of Regional Intermediaries will be the focus of FEAS pursuit. PUBLICATIONS & INFORMATION The future objectives of the Media Task Force were described as; 1. Organizing Workshops with member Stock Exchanges, where their Media Relations Personnel may discuss the Media relations experiences. 2. Providing training to journalism students, Media Personnel and the Stock Exchange Personnel. 3. Producing an informative film on FEAS members and the FEAS Region. (Tehran Stock Exchange has been provided with the photos) FEAS Year Book (FEAS BOOK) & Quarterly Magazines (INTERFEAS): FEAS Year Book (FEAS BOOK) & Quarterly Magazines (INTERFEAS): This publication of annual activities of the Federation and information on its members, began in 1997 and is available electronically on the website: http://www.feas.org/Publications.cfm?Get=Year book&Top=Pubs. FEAS Library: The Library can be accessed through the Publications drop down menu on the main page at www.feas.org or through this link http://www.feas.org/Library.cfm. The FEAS Library is open to experts and organizations with financial market related material. If you would like to make a submission to the FEAS Library, please send your electronic files and links to the FEAS secretariat at [email protected]. Finans Asset Management www.finansportfoy.com Is Investment www.isinvestment.com NASDAQ OMX Group www.nasdaqomx.com Tayburn www.tayburnkrumumsal.com Bloomberg www.bloomberg.net Muscat Securities Market www.msm.gov.om