Economy and commerce

Court Sets Date for Questioning Bavet Victims

Svay Rieng Provincial Prosecutor Hing Bunchea said yesterday that he had summoned two of the three women shot at a Bavet City special economic zone (SEZ) for questioning next week, and denied accusations that investigators were dragging their feet on the case. Rights groups continued to ...

Gov’t Picks NGOs for Asean Meet

The government has chosen representatives of two obscure NGOs to send to an annual meeting between civil society groups and regional leaders during next month’s Asean summit in Phnom Penh, sparking an outcry among other non-governmental groups that say this will prevent critics from being ...

Imports compete with domestic medicines

The value of medicine and medical equipment imports increased about five per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to the Ministry of Commerce. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031955102/Business/imports-compete-with-domestic-medicines.html

ASEAN forums divide

Cambodian NGOs were drawing battle lines and choosing sides in the run-up to the ASEAN summit, activists said yesterday. Two separate “ASEAN People’s Forums” are being organised by local NGOs. The first, from March 28 to 30, is expected to draw more than 2,000 groups.   ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031955107/National-news/asean-forums-divide.html

Cambodia rejoins the world of stocks

Enthusiasm about the start of trading at the exchange, which opened last July without a single listed company, extends beyond the borders of the Southeast Asian country. Investors including Templeton Emerging Markets Group Chairman Mark Mobius said they plan to participate in Cambodia’s stock market ...

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/world-business/cambodia-rejoins-the-world-of-stocks-20120319-1ver3.html

Cambodia's first IPO nears

Cambodia’s first initial public offering is fast approaching, and demand is expected to be robust. Bookbuilding, the process during which bids are taken and a price set for shares, ended last Wednesday for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA). The final offering price will be announced ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/284959/cambodia-first-ipo-nears

Open an account at a securities firm and get ready to trade

CSX chief executive Hong Sok Hour explains how the exchange will function on its first day of trading and into the future. The way to begin trading on the CSX is to open an account with any one of a dozen securities firms which are licensed ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/open-an-account-at-a-securities-firm-and-get-ready-to-trade.html

Cambodians form backbone of securities market

Local stock-exchange staff will be trained by foreign experts Overseas experts will play an important role in the start-up of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), says Larry Ng of Cana Securities. “Foreign investors will lead the CSX and securities market at the beginning because they have the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/cambodians-form-backbone-of-securities-market.html

Exchanges provide windows to economies

Stock market a good choice for long-term investors Stephen Hsu, a native of Taiwan, runs Phnom Penh Securities, one of a dozen underwriters licensed by the SECC to prepare companies for IPOs on the CSX and to engage as an intermediary with the public for trading ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/exchanges-provide-windows-to-economies.html

More companies must list for the CSX to be a success

One of the personalities closely associated with the development of the stock exchange in Cambodia, Morten Kvammen, a director at SBI Royal Securities, says the CSX needs more companies to list in order to be successful. Kvammen, a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/more-companies-must-list-for-the-csx-to-be-a-success.html

Research differentiates investing in stock exchanges from gambling at the casino

One of the men deeply involved in the development of Cambodia’s financial system, Dr Ghanty Sam, of the Financial Institute of Cambodia, who is also a board member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, says people should be aware of the downside of ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/research-differentiates-investing-in-stock-exchanges-from-gambling-at-the-casino.html

Financial Institute of Cambodia prepares people for a career in the stock exchange

The executive director at the Financial Institute of Cambodia (FIC) says 726 students have completed courses so far at FIC since it opened in early 2011. Tith Seyla, who earned his bachelor’s degree from the Royal University of Law and Economics followed by a master’s ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/financial-institute-of-cambodia-prepares-people-for-a-career-in-the-stock-exchange.html

The strange adventure of the Cambodian currency

On the post office square, a beautiful Art Deco building now houses the restaurant Van, an insurance company and the offices of the AFD (French Development Agency). An inquiring mind will not fail to notice on the gates the presence of little medallions with the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/the-strange-adventure-of-the-cambodian-currency.html

Governor Drew Gun, Not Blood, Prosecutor Says

The court prosecutor investigating last month’s shooting of three female factory workers at a special economic zone (SEZ) denied a newspaper report claiming the chief suspect, former Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith, had confessed to shooting the women. Svay Rieng Provincial Court prosecutor Hing Bunchea said ...

As Plans for Dam Gain Traction, Villagers Balk

For hundreds of years, the ancestors of Vam Sovann have lived in Koh Kong province’s remote Araeng valley. Some 70 km from the nearest national road, Mr. Sovann’s village has no electricity or phone coverage, no paved roads or running water; instead, it has access ...

Securities and Exchange Commission will regulate the Stock Exchange

The laws and regulations that govern Cambodia’s securities market were derived from the Objectives and Principles of the International Organization for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the best practices in the region, according to Dr. Ming Bankosal, Director General of the SECC. the SECC which ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/securities-and-exchange-commission-will-regulates-the-stock-exchange.html

Governor Free After Admitting To Firing Gun

Despite admitting yesterday to firing his pistol during last month’s protest at a Svay Rieng province special economic zone (SEZ), where three women were shot, Bavet City’s former governor Chhuk Bundith was free to return home after making his confession to the court. “[Mr. Bundith] came ...

CSX part of a larger capital market system

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) is an important component of a larger ecosystem of capital markets, according to Eugene Lam, CEO of OSK Indochina Securities Ltd, one of Cambodia’s securities underwriters approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC). Lam says one of ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/csx-part-of-a-larger-capital-market-system.html

The arrival of the stock market and its implications

It began in November of 2006 with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Korean Exchange (KRX) titled “The Development of the Securities Market of Cambodia.” A further MOU between the parties in January, 2008 established the Cambodia ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/the-arrival-of-the-stock-market-and-its-implications.html

Underwriter for first IPO bullish on Phnom Penh Water and the CSX

The head of the underwriting team that will launch Cambodia’s first IPO April 18 is Han Kyung Tae, Managing Director of Tongyang Securities (Cambodia) PLC and a South Korean stock market specialist. Tongyang Securities (Cambodia) Ltd. is the Cambodian subsidiary of Tongyang Group, a South ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Special-Reports/underwriter-for-first-ipo-bullish-on-phnom-penh-water-and-the-csx.html

US Dollar Drops Below 4,000 Riel With Agricultural Harvest

An increase in agricultural trading has caused the value of the US dollar to dip below 4,000 riel in the past three consecutive days, as there is now a higher demand for the Cambodian riel, money exchangers and an official from the National Bank of ...

National Census Identifies Half-Million Businesses

Cambodia has a total of 505,134 businesses supported by a workforce of 1,676,263, just 11.56 percent of the total population, according to a nationwide economic census released yesterday by the Ministry of Planning. Of the total number of people employed in the country, 1,026,084, or 61.2 ...

Hul Reaksmey and Philip Heijmans, P.1

Battle Over CamKo City Now in Court

A South Korean government agency and Korean investors in CamKo City are locked in an ownership dispute at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over the half-built residential development project in Russei Keo district, according to court documents obtained yesterday. Following the collapse of the Busan Savings ...

PPWSA stock offering slated to outperform

The Kingdom’s first initial public offering is fast approaching, and demand is expected to be robust. Book-building, the process during which bids for the IPO are taken and a price is set for shares, ended yesterday. The final offering price is expected before the subscription for ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031455011/Business/ppwsa-stock-offering-slated-to-outperform.html

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