Securities exchange (stock market)

Almost two weeks after the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) announced that it was accepting applications for the newly approved liquidity providers (LPs) option, it admitted yesterday that no one had yet applied, as insiders said they were still unsure of the program. ...

The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMAC) has sought support from the anti-corruption organization Transparency International, to prepare it to be a graft-free business entity and help its members to be listed on the Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX). ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) officially began receiving applications for liquidity providers yesterday as part of an initiative to boost market liquidity, it said in a press release. ...

Industrial park operator Phnom Penh SEZ, which became the fourth company on Cambodia’s stock exchange when it listed in May, released its audited 2015 annual report and 2016 half-year financials yesterday, reporting declines in revenue and net profit over the past 18 months on slower ...

Two of Cambodia’s four publicly listed companies released their financial reports for the second quarter of 2016 yesterday, with both showing moderately healthy profits. ...

Six weeks since the close of the fiscal first half, none of the four listed companies on Cambodia’s stock exchange have issued their required half-year financial statements, and one firm has not disclosed any financial data since 2014 – casting doubts on the tiny bourse’s ...

Cambodia’s capital market regulator held a forum yesterday on regulations and safeguards for the derivatives market, laying out the inherent risk and reward of the poorly understood financial instrument that has until recently operated with no oversight. ...

Cambodia’s capital market regulator officially granted its first round of derivatives trading licences this week, nearly 10 months after it vowed to formally regulate the inherently risky financial instrument and provide investors with more options to earn profits.   ...

A new initiative aimed at encouraging more trading on Cambodia’s persistently quiet stock exchange will allow securities underwriters and dealers to become liquidity providers who can hold and trade shares in listed companies. ...

Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP), the Kingdom’s largest maritime container hub, reported a six percent increase in cargo shipments in the first six months of the year, while tonnage rose by 10 percent in the same period. ...

The state operator of Cambodia’s only deep-water port remains on course to float shares on the stock exchange and is seeking ways to speed up the listing.   ...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia could start raising capital from the public, through the stock exchange, if government efforts to amend financial regulations to allow SMEs to be publicly listed get off the ground. ...

The Ministry of Interior and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) issued a joint release yesterday announcing that investigations of Empire Big Capital Ltd (EBC) and related firms AIF and ICA showed the companies had engaged in investment fraud.     ...

The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) ─ listed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) saw its profits plunge by more than 65 percent in the first quarter of this year with total revenue declining by more than 20 percent in the same period. ...

The first quarter earnings of the publicly listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) were up by more than 10 percent in comparison to the same period last year thanks to the Kingdom’s steady economic growth and the company’s efforts in streamlining its expansion. ...

Garment manufacturer Gran d Twins International (GTI) will pay out a reduced cash dividend for 2015 as a result of net profits dropping by 70 per cent last year compared to 2014, the company said yesterday in a filing to the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). ...

Grand Twins International (GTI), a Taiwan-owned listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), declared a dividend payout ratio of 50 percent of its net profit after tax for the 2015 financial year. The dividend distribution will be made on the 30th of this month. ...

Thailand-based JWD Infologistics Plc’s recent purchase of a 5.2 percent stake in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSEZ), is expected to give a boost to the local company’s traded share value on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). ...

The Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) sees small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) as the engine to drive growth on the local stock market, while the companies already listed have been growing steadily. ...

For small and medium sized Cambodian enterprises hoping to list on the local stock market – the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) – there is now an opportunity to realize their dream of seeing their stocks traded. ...

Malaysia’s award-winning Public Bank, which is celebrating its 50th Golden Jubilee this year, is one of the first foreign banks to open its door in Cambodia in 1992. ...

Shares in Phnom Penh SEZ debuted on Cambodia’s nascent stock exchange yesterday morning, ending the day at 2,890 riel ($0.71), down slightly more than 3 per cent from its opening price of 2,980 riel after an underwhelming level of trading. ...

Emerald Resources NL, an Australian mining firm with interests in Cambodia, will relist on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Tuesday following the company’s compliance with chapters 1 and 2 of the exchange’s listing rules and rule 11.1.3, the company said in a filing yesterday. ...

Thai financing firm Group Lease Plc posted a record-high 222.17 million baht ($6.3 million) net profit from its operations in the first quarter of the year, a 101.5 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier, driven by improvements in its Thai operations ...