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Issue 6 - December 2015 @BahrainBourse
BAHRAIN BOURSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
ESSENTIALS OF SAVING & INVESTMENT TRAINING SESSIONS HELD
The Board of Directors of Bah-
rain Bourse (BHB) held its
fourth meeting for this year on
Wednesday, 29th October 2015
chaired by Mr. Yusuf Abdul-
la Humood, Chairman of the
Bahrain Bourse organized on
Saturday, 3rd Oct 2015 the train-
ing session on “The Essentials
of Saving and Investment”, as
part of its efforts in spreading
investment awareness among
Bahrainis and non-Bahrain-
is in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The training sessions was con-
ducted in both English and
Bourse, where the Board dis-
cussed the topics on the agenda.
The Board agreed in this meet-
ing on approving the mecha-
nism for the Central Bank of
Bahrain’s (CBB) to facilitate the
dealing of all types of investors
in the secondary market of Debt
Instruments in Bahrain Bourse.
BHB Board also agreed to
amend the Key Person poli-
cy in the Bourse to include the
Bourse’s Board of Directors, in
addition to Bahrain Bourse staff.
The Board also approved the
proposed amendments on the
listing requirements that re-
late to the nature of shares listed
and traded in Bahrain Bourse
in which the electronic record
will be the method to trade or
proof an ownership without the
need to use physical certificate.
During the meeting, the
Board also reviewed and ap-
proved the financial results
of BHB as of 30th June 2015.
The Board also discussed the
latest developments regarding
BHB’s strategic plan, along with
the operational plan and its eval-
uation criteria and made some
recommendations in this regard.
The Board discussed the re-
ports and recommendations of
the Board’s Committees and de-
cided on actions to be taken.
Arabic, where the English ses-
sion was held from 8 am to 12
noon, while the Arabic sessions
was held from 1pm to 5pm.
The sessions reviewed a number
of concepts related to investment
alternatives available to inves-
tors and address the concepts of
risk and return, as well as how
to manage an investment port-
folio and how to read financial
statements and concluded with
introducing Bahrain Bourse and
the different sectors of com-
panies traded on the Bourse.
A number of highly qualified pro-
fessionals conducted the sessions
that took place at Bahrain Bourse’s
premises in Bahrain Financial Har-
bour. Bahrainis and non-Bahrainis
can register to attend the sessions
by filling an online registration
form through Bahrain Bourse’s
website:
It is worth mentioning that the
Bourse conducts the sessions on a
monthly basis where over 200 par-
ticipants from different age groups
registered during the past months.