Yerevan, Armenia, 2013-04-19 11:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NASDAQ OMX Armenia is committed to supporting and developing management and information systems of issuers, paying special attention to the integration of corporate governance principles within companies listed and traded on the Exchange. In this regard, NASDAQ OMX Armenia recently organized a seminar and workshop for current and potential issuers on the Corporate Governance Code of the Republic of Armenia and draft of its annual statement. During the event, provisions of the Corporate Governance Code and annual statement were discussed with participants in the context of their own businesses.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia will continue its efforts to promote awareness of corporate governance principles in Armenia, including cooperation with all stakeholders and interested companies.
The NASDAQ OMX Group is committed to sustainable business practices, and the integration of good governance principles is central to that commitment. The company works internally and with more than 3,400 listed companies to understand, integrate, and monitor governance metrics.
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The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 26 markets including 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-55 microsecond average speeds with 99.99% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,300 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)
In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of the shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA). After the combination of NASDAQ and OMX in February 2008, Armex and CDA became fully owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. On January 26, 2009, “Armenian Stock Exchange” ojsc was officially renamed as “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc. On June 5, 2009, “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc became the owner of 100% of the shares of the “Central Depository of Armenia” ojsc.
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