BHBNewsLetter June 2019

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Issue 20 - JUNE 2019
TAMKEEN STRATEGIC PARTNER OF BAHRAIN BOURSE’S 2nd EDITION OF THE
“SMART INVESTOR” PROGRAM
BAHRAIN BOURSE LISTS 10 TREASURY BILL ISSUES AND SHORT-TERM
ISLAMIC LEASE (IJARAH) SUKUK WORTH BD563 MILLION
Bahrain Bourse has announced
Tamkeen (Labour Fund), as a
Strategic Partner for the “Smart
Investor” Program in its 2nd
edition for the academic year
2019-2020. The Smart Investor
program is a national awareness
program organized in collaboration
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) announced
on Tuesday, 21 st of May 2019 the
listing of 10 issues in the Trea-
sury Bills Market worth a total
with INJAZ Bahrain, and aims
at promoting financial and
investment literacy among elemen-
tary school students in Bahrain.
The Smart Investor program is
a national awareness program
launched in 2018 in collaboration
with INJAZ Bahrain targeting
elementary students. The program
aims at equipping young students
with basic concepts related to
money management, savings and
smart financial planning through
interactive edutainment activities
in order to assist them in
making sound financial decisions.
The Prog r am consist s of
seven-themed sessions designed
to equip students with the
following concepts: Thinking,
S p e c i f y i n g , P l a n n i n g ,
E x e c u t i o n , S a v i n g ,
Progression, and Evaluation.
The program’s next edition is
expected to kick-off during the
ac ademi c ye ar 2019- 2020
w i t h p l a n n e d a c t i v i t i e s
t a r g e t i n g t h e p u b l i c
scheduled for the summer period.
During the 2018-2019 academic
year, the Smart Investor program
has been implemented across
76 schools, 212 classes, with the
support extended from educators
and volunteers targeting more
than 5500 students within
Grade 4 elementar y level.
of BD563 million, issued by the
Central Bank of Bahrain with
discount rates ranging between
3.18% and 4.39% for 3-12 months.
With the listing of those issues,
the total number of Treasury Bills
and Short-Term Islamic Lease
(Ijarah) Sukuk listed at Bahrain
Bourse became 24 issues with
a total value of BD1.47 billion.