Tuesday, January 22, 2008

S.Korea, Cambodia to open JV stock exchange in '09

SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's stock exchange operator said on Tuesday it had agreed with the Cambodian government to set up and run a joint stock exchange in the Southeast Asian country in 2009.

The Korea Exchange , Asia's fourth-largest bourse operator, has in recent years supported stock market development in Southeast Asia as part of efforts to raise its profile and draw foreign firms to Seoul for listings.>

KRX said in a statement the exchange and the Cambodian Finance Ministry were working on a detailed investment plan to set up the Cambodia Stock Exchange and a support system next year.

The Cambodian government will own a minimum 51 percent in the new bourse while KRX will hold as much as 49 percent. KRX will also help the country set up a regulatory body to oversee stock trading, it said.

South Korea said last year it would spend $1.8 million in training and help set up the modern stock market in Cambodia, which is recovering from a 30-year civil war ended in 1998.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I believe this is good thing,To have stock exchange launch in 2009.
Maybe I would like to to be the first simple khmer person to invest money in the stock market in my own country.