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Daman Securities International becomes Member of DIFX

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, August 14 - 2007 at 08:04
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The Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) today welcomed Daman Securities International as a Member firm able to trade shares and other securities.

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Its arrival opens a new gateway for investors to reach the region's international stock exchange.

Daman Securities International is located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and is owned by Daman Securities, one of the most prominent brokers in the UAE.

Shehab Gargash, Chief Executive of the Daman group, commented:

"We are excited to become a Member of the region's international exchange as it rapidly expands. Its diverse offering of issuer companies from the region and around the world, its high liquidity and its international standards of regulation provide a uniquely attractive platform."


Per E. Larsson, Chief Executive of the DIFX, said: "By joining the DIFX, Daman has opened an important new channel for UAE and other investors to access the growing opportunities that the exchange provides. Daman's arrival further integrates the DIFX with the local and regional financial services community."

Daman Securities International has joined the DIFX as a trading Member.

Keith Reid, Director of Daman Securities International, commented: "We are delighted to announce our membership in the UAE's only internationally linked equity exchange. Daman is convinced that the path to long term growth lies in its participation on an international platform and that the DIFX represents the first such step for equities in the GCC region. We look forward to the continued development of DIFX links to trading and custodial services around the world."

Hamed Ali, Executive Officer of the DIFX, said: "Daman joins a growing list of financial services firms that are positioning themselves to benefit from the growth of activity on the exchange.

We look forward to more equity listings and structured products and in due course listings of other securities such as funds and derivatives."
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Notes and media contacts

For further information on the DIFX, please contact:

Amira Abdulla
Dubai International Financial Centre
Tel: +971.4.362.2433

Mark Fisher
Dubai International Financial Exchange
Tel: +971.4.3622451

About DIFX
The DIFX is the region's first international financial exchange for equities, bonds, Islamic products, funds, index products and (subject to regulatory approval) derivatives. The target areas of the DIFX for seeking issuers include the Middle East and North Africa, as well as South Africa, Turkey and the Indian sub-continent.

The exchange launched in September 2005 and currently has 18 Members - ABN AMRO, Arbuthnot Securities, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, EFG-Hermes, Hichens, Harrison & Co, HSBC, ING Bank NV, Jefferies International, KAS BANK, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Mashreq Capital (DIFC), NBD Investment Bank, SHUAA Capital and UBS.

Issuers on the DIFX: Equities - Albaraka Banking Group (ordinary shares), Boulder Steel (ordinary shares), Citigold Corporation (ordinary shares), Fortune Management (ordinary shares), Gold Fields (American depositary shares), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (global depositary receipts), Kingdom Hotel Investments (ordinary shares), Man Industries (India) (global depositary receipts), Monarch Gold Mining Company (ordinary shares), Rana Sugars (global depositary receipts); Sphere Investments (ordinary shares); Bonds - DP World (Medium Term Notes), Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group (Medium Term Notes), Kuwait Financial Centre S.A.K. (Closed) (Notes); MashreqBank (Medium Term Notes), National Bank of Dubai (Medium Term Notes); Islamic products - Aabar Sukuk (Sukuk), Cherating Capital (Sukuk), DAAR International Sukuk (Sukuk), Dar Al Arkan International Sukuk (Sukuk), DIB Sukuk (Sukuk), DIFC Investments (Sukuk), Dubai World Sukuk (Sukuk), IIG Funding Ltd (Sukuk), Nakheel Development (Sukuk), Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (Sukuk), TID Global Sukuk (Sukuk); Structured Products - Deutsche Bank (certificates over indices).

The regulator of the DIFX is the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). The DIFX is located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

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