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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2008KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGEDuring the year 2007, the KSE witnessed itssixth consecutive year of a bullish run.Adnan AfridiManaging DirectorDuring the year 2007, the Karachi StockExchange (KSE) witnessed its sixthconsecutive year of a bullish run. The KSE 100Index increased from 10040.5 points inJanuary 2007 to reach an all time high recordof 14,814 points on 26 December 2007, tofinally close at 14,075 points on 31 December2007, showing a remarkable increase of 40%during the year. The KSE market capitalizationalso increased to US$ 70.2 billion from US$45.7 billion. During the period January-December 2007, 14 new companies listedtheir shares on the Exchange–adding overUS$ 927 million to the listed capital. The KSEalso listed 3 debt instruments of US$ 105million. The average daily turnover of sharesalso increased from US$ 261 million to US$268 million.The KSE has a fully automated trading systemwith a sound risk management system. Tostrengthen the market environment and boostinvestor confidence, a T+2 settlement systemwas introduced in place of T+3 settlementsystem whereby all trades must be settled onthe second day after the trade.A VaR based margining system wasintroduced in place of a slab based RiskManagement System. The new RMS included,amongst others, a new netting regime; amargining system based on Value at Risk(VaR) and Capital Adequacy. Theimplementation of these new risk managementmeasures have reduced the market’s Beta andhelped protect investors in the event ofanother members inability to pay off his debts.Unique Identification Number was introducedto provide a traceable link between every orderentered at the trading system of the Exchange.The UIN systems allocates each individualclient and trade a separate number such thata record of each clients trade is stored andcan be accessed at any time. The UIN systemhas significantly enhanced the riskmanagement at client levels and considerablyimproved the Exchange’s ability to monitor themarket.The KSE also introduced Client Level Nettingsystem, this system was developed based onthe core KSE business requirement ofexposures, profits, losses and margins to becalculated client-wide, scrip-wide and marketwideon the outstanding buy and sellpositions.The KSE’s growth and improvement isattributed to the impressive rate of growth ofthe Pakistani economy, but particularly in thebanking, cement, oil & gas, fertilizer andautomobile sectors. Pakistan successfullyentered into the international capital marketthrough the issuance of the sovereign Euro-Bond and floatation of GDR’s of OGDC, MCBand UBL indicating growing foreign investor’sconfidence in the long term economicprospects of the country.In the coming year, the KSE plans to introducederivative products, develop the corporatedebt market and improve regulatorycompliance. Our efforts are also directedtowards the demutualization of the ExchangeFUTURE OUTLOOKThe KSE is determined to remain one of thegrowing investment institutions not only withinthe country but globally as well. The futureprojects include:• Corporatization and demutualization of theExchange.• Strengthen the management capacity of theExchange• Upgrade the IT infrastructure• Construction of new KSE Tower• Introduction of new products and newmeasures• Cross-border listing possibilities.CONTACT INFORMATIONContact Name Mr. Mohammed Yacoob MemonE-mail gm@kse.com.pkWebsite www.kse.com.pkPAGE 56