BHBNewsLetter June 2019

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Issue 20 - JUNE 2019
Bahrain Bourse Holds its Semi-Annual Brokers Meeting
Bahrain Bourse holds a Session for Beneficiaries of the National Guidance Program for Bahraini Women
Bahrain Bourse Participates in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2019
Bahrain Bourse Participates in the 3 rd Procurement 2019 Conference
As part of its continuous efforts to enhance stakeholder
engagement,BahrainBourseheldits3rd semi-annualbrokersmeeting
for its broker members on Tuesday, the 25th of June 2019 which was
held at the Bourse’s premises in the Bahrain Financial Harbour.
During the meeting, brokers were updated on key developments
takingplaceatBahrainBourseincludingthenewlyproposedopening
investor account process and the implementation of VAT on
Bahrain Bourse’s services, commencing on the 1st of July 2019.
Brokers’ feedback was also obtained on the new tick size framework
implemented in May 2019.
The Supreme Council of Women and Bahrain Bourse organized
a session targeting female beneficiaries of the early retirement
pension program on 5th May 2019 as part of the National Guidance
Program for Bahraini Women, with the aim of introducing the
beneficiaries to the various investment opportunities available
at the Bourse and the fundamentals of investment. Bahrain
Bourse organizes those sessions on a periodical basis to enhance
investment awareness targeting various age groups within the
society.
Bahrain Bourse team participated in the Procurement
Middle East 2019 conference in its third annual
edition held under the Patronage of H.E.
Eng. Basim bin Yacob AlHamer, Minister of Housing
which was held on 23 – 25 April 2019 in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Bahrain Bourse participated in the Global Entrepreneurship
Congress 2019 with a session discussing Access to Growth Market:
A Look at the Bahrain Investment Market.
It is worth mentioning that the Global Entrepreneurship Congress
gathers together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers,
policymakers and other startup champions from more than 170
countries to identify new ways of helping founders start and scale
new ventures around the world.
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