Central America Exchanges Are Meeting Today In Panama

Today, in Panama, the stock exchanges of Costa Rica (BNV), El Salvador (BVES) and Panama (BVP) started working with the aim of advancing an integration plan. During today and tomorrow, the exchanges’ managers will discuss the establishing of a common trading platform, the single order book, remote membership and the necessary legal and regulatory infrastructure. "We are giving all our support and pressing the accelerator on this project because it is a plan that concerns us all in Central America," said Rolando Duarte, president of the BVES. In an effort to incorporate in the process the stock market participants from the region, Duarte said that each country will hold meetings with their house brokers, to push their players closer to the remote model. The countries are... [read full story]