Net/ The Investor Relations and Corporate Governance seminars were organized in Yerevan jointly by NASDAQ OMX Armenia and the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS), a program run by USAID and the East-West Management Institute, NASDAQ OMX Armenia company’s press service says in a press release. The Investor Relations (IR) seminar held on June 17 gathered nearly 60 representatives of all capital market stakeholder groups, including issuers listed and admitted to trading on NASDAQ OMX Armenia, stock exchange member banks and investment companies, business journalists, as well as the Central Bank of Armenia. Speakers, both local and invited from the United States, Poland, and Estonia, covered a variety of topics such as importance of IR in modern corporate environment; IR development trends in Europe in the past two decades; information disclosure requirements that exist in European countries and Armenia; channels and tools used for communicating with investors; Baltic market experience in promoting the development of the companies’ IR function and rewarding IR outperformers. Having received very positive feedback regarding both events, NASDAQ OMX Armenia foresees that they will promote good governance practices and strengthen investor rights protection in Armenia, thus assisting the Armenian companies in attracting more capital for their development needs. read more

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