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Acleda looking to go public

Twenty-five percent of Acleda Bank’s shares will soon be available for trading as stakeholder ASA Plc announced late Wednesday, its plan to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). Acleda Securities Plc president and CEO Prom Visoth noted that the move could potentially double the ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-looking-go-public

SECC cuts transaction fees for derivative trades

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has decided to slash transaction fees on derivative trading, a move the SECC claims will help spur future trades. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-cuts-transaction-fees-derivative-trades

SMEs get support to go public

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) launched its “Excellence Program” today with the aim to help companies develop the capacity to prepare adequate financial reports, establish proper accounting principles and learn about how the growth board can provide additional funding sources. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smes-get-support-go-public

Corporate bonds edging closer to launch

Cambodia’s market regulator has finalised regulations for establishing a corporate bond, moving one step closer to introducing a new capital market tool that would allow companies to raise funds for expansions, debt refinancing or acquisitions, officials announced yesterday. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/corporate-bonds-edging-closer-launch

Victims of Ponzi scheme petition courts, government for assistance

About 300 victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme filed complaints with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, the Justice Ministry and the National Assembly on Monday asking for the government’s help in recouping their losses. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/victims-of-ponzi-scheme-petition-courts-government-for-assistance-129262/

Regulator pushes for corporate governance

The vast majority of local companies lack corporate governance standards and provide insufficient business information, requiring investors and regulators to do heavy due diligence work that stops businesses from tapping into additional funding sources, officials said yesterday. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-pushes-corporate-governance

Securities companies to provide market liquidity

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. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://bit.ly/2ak6Xdl

Warning issued after Ponzi scheme busted

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.     ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/warning-issued-after-ponzi-scheme-busted

New firm seeks to enter gold trading

Golden FX Link (Cambodia) has joined in the running to become a legally licensed firm to trade derivatives. With a registered capital of $5 million, Lawrence Kook, Director of Golden FX Link, said that the company received a license in principle from the Securities and ...

Cheng Sokhorng and Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-firm-seeks-enter-gold-trading

Firm poised to be first licensed derivatives broker

Six months since Cambodia’s market regulator officially launched derivatives trading in Cambodia, Phnom Penh Securities Plc is poised to become the first local securities firm to legally trade the complex and little-understood financial instrument. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-poised-be-first-licensed-derivatives-broker

IFC to help Cambodia's stock market regulator strengthen governance, regulation

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on Thursday to develop a roadmap for strengthening the country’s corporate governance policies and practices. ...

Shanghai Daily Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=326143

SECC signs deal for better governance

Cambodia’s securities regulator signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) yesterday for technical assistance on corporate governance standards and practices in the Cambodian capital market. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-signs-deal-better-governance

Securities transaction fees reduced

Cambodia’s security regulator has slashed transaction fees on securities by half in its latest bid to stimulate interest in the Kingdom’s lacklustre stock exchange. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/securities-transaction-fees-reduced

Bourse softens listing criteria

For companies looking to float shares on Cambodia’s fledgling stock exchange, the rules have just been made easier.After three years and only two listings, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has revamped the listing criteria, in a bid to increase the number of ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bourse-softens-listing-criteria

New bourse rules to lure SMEs

Cambodia’s market regulator has released listing criteria for a new trading platform – with reduced accounting and capital requirements – aimed at making it easier for small- and mid-sized firms to list on the fledgling stock exchange, Sok Dara, deputy director general of the Securities ...

Sor Chandara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-bourse-rules-lure-smes

Exchange to add three more firms, open board for SMEs

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) confirmed Friday that three more companies will list on the securities market by the end of this year. They are: Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port and Taiwanese-owned TY Fashion(Cambodia) Ltd. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15672/exchange-to-add-three-more-firms--open-board-for-smes/

Rules passed for derivatives

Cambodia has moved to formalise its ill-regulated derivatives sector by launching a key regulation earlier this month.On July 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) approved the prakas on the “Licensing and Supervision of Derivative Trading”. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rules-passed-derivatives

Court date postponed for seven suspects in Ponzi scheme case

Police in Siem Reap province delayed sending seven suspects accused of running a ponzi scheme to court Monday on the order of a prosecutor, who said the director of the company behind the scheme would be appearing today to “guarantee them.” ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-date-postponed-for-seven-suspects-in-ponzi-scheme-case-85220/

SECC plans same-day settlement on trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) is planning new measures for trading on the local stock exchange that it says will encourage investors to trade more actively. Investors currently need to wait for six intervals – occurring every half-hour between 8.30am and 11.30am – ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-plans-same-day-settlement-trading

GTI price drops on day one

After a five-month IPO process steeped in anticipation, Grand Twins International ended its first day on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) with results many observers found disappointing. GTI shares opened yesterday’s session at 9,700 riel ($2.41), with a ceremonial bell ringing at the CSX’s head office. ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gti-price-drops-day-one

SECC targets investor scams

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) is investigating a rise in fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes that prey on Cambodian investors, the market watchdog said yesterday. Unlicensed investment schemes operating inside Cambodia will go under the SECC’s microscope, while multilevel marketing firms that appeal to vulnerable ...

Kimsay Hor and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-targets-investor-scams

Failing to sew up support

Cambodian stockbrokers yesterday admitted to a disappointing level of investor interest in Grand Twins International’s (GTI) initial public offering. Garment industry unrest, distrust in the private sector and a lack of liquidity in the market were all said to be discouraging investors from buying into the ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/failing-sew-support

Cambodian, Thai stock market regulators ink cooperation deal

Cambodian and Thai securities market regulatory authorities on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on consultative cooperation and information exchange in stock markets. The deal was inked between Ming Bankosal, director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC), and Vorapol Socatiyanurak, secretary ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-04/02/c_133233007.htm

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