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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES ANNUAL REPORT <strong>JUNE</strong> <strong>2013</strong>FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGESBILATERAL INITIATIVES PROGRAMThe Federation supports a fully funded bilateralvisits Program to facilitate visits of personnel of<strong>FEAS</strong> members with each other for the purposeof exchange of information and experience onspecific topics of interest to both parties. Almostall Federation members have now participatedin this program, which continues during 2012.In 2012, 12 bilateral trainings have beensuccessfully completed.<strong>FEAS</strong> INDICESThree indexes were launched in June 2009;a composite, and two regional sub-indexes.The Dow Jones <strong>FEAS</strong> Indexes are designed tounderlie index-linked investment products suchas funds and structured products. Dow Jones<strong>FEAS</strong> Composite Index currently includes anumber of component stocks in 11 memberexchanges. In November 2011 a blue chipinvestable index was launched called the Titans50. The index universe is defined as all stocksin the Dow Jones <strong>FEAS</strong> Composite Index.Exchanges represented in the index are: AbuDhabi (UAE), Almaty (Kazakhastan), Amman(Jordan), Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina),Belgrade (Serbia), Bucharest (Romania), Cairo(Egypt), Istanbul (Turkey), Karachi (Pakistan),Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain), Muscat (Oman),Nablus (Palestine), Sarajevo (Bosnia andHerzegovina), Skopje (Republic of Macedonia),Sofia (Bulgaria) and Zagreb (Croatia). The 50Blue Chip companies which are in the indexwere selected based on a ranking which iscalculated by weighting each stock’s floatadjustedmarket capitalization at 60%, sales/revenue at 20% and net income at 20%. The top50 stocks by final rank are selected as indexcomponents.REVENUE AND EXPENSE REPORTIn line with the decisions of the 17th GeneralAssembly, the <strong>FEAS</strong> Secretariat conductedthe revenue and expense survey again in 2012covering the financials of 2007 and 2011. TheR&E Report of 2008-2012 will be conductedduring the General Assembly in November<strong>2013</strong>.WORKING COMMITTEEIn 2012, members convened twice to holdworking committee meetings. During themeetings in Istanbul on May 25, 2012reports were presented by the task forcesincluding Rules and Regulations and DealersAssociations Task Forces. Updates were alsoprovided by the Secretariat on the status of the<strong>FEAS</strong> Publications, <strong>FEAS</strong> Marketing Exhibitiontaking place during the WC and <strong>FEAS</strong> HistoryMovie updates, Bilateral visits, Draft FinancialReport 2012, <strong>FEAS</strong> Index and Calendar ofEvents.Bulgaria Stock Exchange hosted the workingcommittee meetings in Sofia on September20, 2012, prior to the General Assembly.The Secretariat provided the members withinformation on the latest activities mandated bythe working committee participants. Also thestatue has been revised and updated.Task ForcesThere are 2 task forces focusing on varioussectoral topics. Each task force is steered by amember who is expected to provide guidanceto task force members in producing studies onsector-related issues. The activities which havebeen undertaken by the task forces in 2012 areas follows:Task Force 0901 - Rules and Regulation (Ledby the Bulgarian Stock Exchange)During the meeting in Sofia, the Task Force (TF),members discussed and provided feed-backon the completed Rule Book. Together with 2revisions, it was further decided that the workof the task force should be broader than justthe PoMSaR and that other areas should beexplored for them to concentrate on, such ascoordinating the responses of <strong>FEAS</strong> membersto the IOSCO consultation reports.Task Force 1001 - Dealers AssociationsAffiliate, (Led by TSPAKB)The Task Force has created a draft survey oninvestor complaints. This survey has been sentout to all members including exchanges, posttrade institutions and dealer’s associations. Thesurvey based on the report has been conductedby the Leader of the Task Force. It was furtherdecided that this survey was conducted amongexchanges only, since there is only a limitednumber of dealers’ association member of<strong>FEAS</strong>. The exchanges were encouraged to sendthe survey to financial intermediaries.It was noted that it would be very useful to havea set of standards or principles for dealing withinvestor complaints. The task force agreedto work on producing such a set of high levelprinciples that would be both clear and broadso as to be applicable across different regions.The Cross Market Interest survey will beconducted again because of the limitedresponse received. The Egyptian Exchangeand the Amman Stock Exchange will assist inthis survey both in encouraging members torespond and in compiling the results. It shouldbe further noted that the Egyptian Exchangeand Amman Stock Exchange are now membersof this task force.<strong>FEAS</strong> MEETINGS IN 2012Working Committee & 24th ExecutiveBoard Meetings on May 25, 2012 -Istanbul, TurkeyThe first working committee meeting of 2012was held in Istanbul, Turkey on the 25th May,2012 at the invitation of the Borsa Istanbul.The 24th Executive Board Meeting was heldon the 25th of May following the WC meeting.The Working Committee focused on issuesmandated by the General Assembly in 2011 andthe Secretariat prepared a report for participantsto discuss.WC & 25th Executive Board Meetingand 18th General Assembly Meeting -September 20-21, 2012 - Sofia, BulgariaThe 18th Annual General Assembly of <strong>FEAS</strong> washeld in Sofia, Bulgaria on September 21, hostedby the Bulgaria Stock Exchange. The WorkingCommittee and 24th Executive Board meetingwere also held prior to the General Assembly.PUBLICATIONS & INFORMATION• <strong>FEAS</strong> Library: The Library can be accessedthrough the Publications drop down menuon the main page at www.feas.org orthrough this link: www.feas.org/Library.aspx. The <strong>FEAS</strong> Library is open to expertsand organizations with financial marketrelated material. If you would like to makea submission to the <strong>FEAS</strong> Library, pleasesend your electronic files and links to the<strong>FEAS</strong> secretariat at secretariat@feas.org.• <strong>FEAS</strong> Year Book (<strong>FEAS</strong> BOOK) &Magazines (INTER<strong>FEAS</strong>): This publicationof annual activities of the Federation andinformation on its members, began in1997 and is available electronically onthe website: www.feas.org/Publications.aspx?Get=Annual%20Report&t=Pubs• <strong>FEAS</strong> Website: The <strong>FEAS</strong> website wasre-launched very recently and can be foundat www.feas.org. Then the site, including anew <strong>FEAS</strong> Statistics Page, was renewed.The new site contains a new home page,more concentrated emphasis on <strong>FEAS</strong>member data with profile pages, crossmember comparisons on statistical data,historical data and a News Center withheadlines from member markets.SUBSCRIBETo subscribe for the electronic version of <strong>FEAS</strong>publications, please go to www.feas.org andclick on subscribe. Subscriptions includemonthly notifications of statistics and newsletterupdates, as well as advance notice of <strong>FEAS</strong>events and activities.CONTRIBUTORSContributor sites can be seen on the <strong>FEAS</strong>website at: www.feas.org/Contributors.cfmFinans Asset Managementwww.finansportfoy.comIs Investmentwww.isinvestment.comTayburnwww.tayburnkurumsal.comPAGE 5

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