Egypt to introduce new foreign investor trading system

10 May 2010

Egypt plans to introduce a trading system enabling foreign investors to place buy or sell orders for shares on the Cairo exchange more directly to improve liquidity and efficiency, Reuters has reported. Investors abroad, however, will still need to operate through a licensed broker in Egypt but the new Financial Information eXchange (Fix) system will automate the process.

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