BHBNewsLetter December 2019

3 / 13

3
Issue 22 - DECEMBER 2019
BAHRAIN BOURSE RINGS THE BELL FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) hosted a
bell ringing ceremony on Thursday,
3rd October 2019 as part of
its participation in the World
Investor Week initiated by IOSCO
and the World Federation of
Exchanges. Chief Executive Officer
of Bahrain Bourse, Sh. Khalifa
bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa rang the
market-opening bell in the presence
of the Governor of the Central
Bank of Bahrain H.E. Rasheed
Mohammed Al-Maraj alongside
80 senior officials and executives
from various stakeholders.
During the event, Chief Operating
Officer of Bahrain Bourse,
Nar jes Jamal delivered a
w e l c om i n g s p e e c h a n d
highlighted Bahrain Bourse’s
ongoing efforts to enhance financial
literacy which forms an important
pillar of the Bourse’s strategy.”
During the event, Chief Operating
Officer of Bahrain Bourse, Narjes
Jamal delivered a welcoming
speech and highlighted Bahrain
Bourse’s ongoing efforts to enhance
financial literacy which forms an
important pillar of the Bourse’s
strategy.” This year marks the 22nd
edition of the TradeQuest Program
which targets high school and uni-
versity students, and we currently
have 20 participating schools and 6
universities taking part in the
program. As for the Smart
Investor Program, we recently
launched the 2nd edition of the
program in collaboration with
INJAZ Bahrain, and reached
out to 6,291 elementary students
across 79 schools during its first
year. In addition, it’s been two
years since Bahrain Bourse’s
collaboration with the BIBF to
offer various public courses as well
as professional certifications related
to the capital market under the
Investment Academy, added Jamal.
On his part, Dr. Ahmed Al-Shaikh
said, “We are pleased to be part
of this key global initiative to
further enhance financial literacy
and investment awareness in the
Kingdom of Bahrain. The BIBF
will provide training solutions on
capital markets and continue its
programmes under the umbrella
of BIBF’s Investment Academy.”
He also added, “The BIBF aspires
to be in the forefront of imparting
practical and useful knowledge
to all participants, and the
Investment Academy is an example
of disseminating professional
training opportunities on trading,
investment, saving, foreign
exchange and much more to those
keen to learn about investing and
saving, enabling them to fulfill
their personal goals on wealth
creation with the aim of enriching
financial literacy in the Kingdom.”
Bahrain Bourse has joined 30
other global exchanges to mark the
occasion over a week of bell-ringing
activities. The bell-ringing event,
which is being held for the first
time globally, aims to bring
together all stakeholders involved
in various awareness initiatives
promoted by Bahrain Bourse to
celebrate the progress achieved.
It is noteworthy that the “Ring the
Bell for Financial Literacy” event
is a global initiative by the IOSCO
and the World Federation of
Exchanges (WFE) to support the
World Investor Week (WIW).
WIW is a week-long, global
c amp a i g n p r omo t e d b y
IOSCO to raise awareness
a b o u t t h e i mp o r t a n c e
of investor education and
protection, and to highlight the
various initiatives of securities
regulators in these two critical areas.