Global opportunities of local markets to be discussed in ArmeniaSeptember 13, 2011 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 6, 2011 NASDAQ OMX Armenia and Cetral Depository of Armenia will organize an international conference titled “Global Opportunities of Local Markets: Infrastructure and Regulation”. The Conference is remarkable by being the 1st joint International Conference of Stock exchanges and CSDs of two regional associations – Association of Eurasia Central Securities Depositories (AECSD) and International Association of Exchanges of CIS Countries (IAEx of CIS). This fact also influenced topic of the Conference “Global Opportunities of Local Markets: Infrastructure and Regulation”, as only joint effort of all infrastructures and support of the regulation can bring to revealing global opportunities and prospects for local and in some cases small markets. The Conference will attract CEOs and senior representatives from stock exchanges and CSD, associations, regulators and other high level experts from the financial services industry of CIS, Europe and Asia. The Conference is expected to cover such topics of cooperation and interoperability as stock exchanges and central depositories, technical, legislative and regulatory aspects securities markets development and internationalization, as well as opportunities of local securities markets’ access to global market, NASDAQ OMX Armenia press service reported. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. |