North African Capital Markets Workshop 30 March to 1 April 2004, Cairo, Egypt


Photo gallery of the workshop
ECA Press Release No. 06/2004
Workshop Agrees Action Plan to Boost Capital Markets.
Programme
- Annotated Programme of Work
List of Participants
- List of Participants
Speeches
- Speech of Mr. Sameh El-Torgoman, Chairman of Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges.
- Carving a Place for Africa’s Emerging Capital Markets in a Globalized World
Opening Address by Mr. Patrick Asea, Director, Economic and Social Policy Division of the Economic Commission for Africa.
Presentations
- Private Equity Funds and the Listing of Portfolio Companies, Papa Ndiaye, Director, AIG African Infrastructure Fund
- Tapping foreign liquidity and global Capital Markets, Mahmoud Salem, Vice President, ADRs Division, Bank of New York, New York.
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Demutualization of Stock Exchanges: what could be done by CASE?, Shahira Abdel Shahid, Advisor to Chairman Cairo &Alexandria Stock Exchanges, Cairo.

- La Bourse d’Alger, Rahni Makhlouf, General Manager, Bourse d’Alger, Algiers.
- Développement du marches des capitaux : le cas du Maroc, Hicham Elalamy, Chef de département, Conseil Déontologique des Valeurs Mobiliers, Rabat
- An investment bank perspective on Debt Capital Markets in North Africa, Austine Ometoruwa, Head of Investment banking North Africa, Citigroup, London.
- The experience of the Egyptian Capital Markets Authority, Ahmed Saad, Deputy Chairman, Capital Markets Authority, Cairo
- A perspective on the current market environment, Hashem Montasser, Fixed Income Derivatives Marketing, JP Morgan Securities Ltd, London.
- Bringing products to the market. From structured products to alternative investments, Alessandro Barnaba, Managing Director, JP Morgan Securities Ltd, London.
- Challenges facing the African Capital Markets, Elmahi Isam Elzein, General Manager, Khartoum Stock Exchange, Sudan.
- The role of credit ratings in developing Capital Markets, Ala’a Al-Yousuf, Director, Middle East &Africa Sovereign Ratings Group, Standard &Poor’s, London.
- Of bonds and the Bond Exchange, Tom Lawless, CEO, Bond Exchange of South Africa, South Africa.
- The role and principles of a Securities Exchange in emerging Capital Markets, Ester Saverson Jr, Assistant Director, Office of International Affairs, Securities and Exchange Commission, United States.
  Adopting better corporate governance: evidence from cross-border mergers, Christos Cabolis, Executive Director, International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management
  Structural issues in the development of Capital Markets, Peter Clark, Advisor, Monetary and Financial Systems Department, International Monetary Fund
Other Documentation
  Adopting better corporate governance: evidence from cross-border mergers, Arturo Bris and Christos Cabolis, Yale School of Management
  "Bad Policies or Systemic Dysfunction? The Perils of Financial Globalization. A South View", Gouda Abdel Khalek, Prof. of Economics, USC Center for Law, Economics &Organization
   
Media Coverage
- Cairo to host a North African Capital Markets Development Workshop  
- Workshop Agrees to Boost Capital Markets
- UN: Workshop agrees on action plan to boost capital markets in North Africa
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Vist to CASE

- Workshop Agrees on Action Plan to Boost Capital Markets in North Africa
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Arabic media coverage:
Cairo Stock Exchange Magazine; Alahram1; Alahram2; Alalam alyoum1, Alalam alyoum2; Alakhbar;

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The final Press Release has been posted on the following websites/online media:
http://nysenews.com (direct link to the Press Release)
http://www.allafrica.com
http://www.caironews.net 
http://www.southafricafm.com
http://www.africabusinessreport.com
http://www.wneconomy.com/s/africaeconomies
http://www.currency-market.com
http://www.africabusinessdaily.com

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