The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The regulators and capital market stakeholders of SAARC countries will discuss the potential of regional integration of stock exchanges at a conference, beginning in the capital today.

The South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) and Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) jointly organised the conference, titled the 2nd South Asian Capital Markets Conference-2008 at Hotel Sheraton.

According to the programme Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam will inaugurate the two-day long conference at 9:00 am. Market stakeholders and regulators from home and abroad are likely to attend the seminar.

"The conference is to integrate the stock markets of the region and introduce cross border trade," SAFE chairman and managing director of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited Rajanikant Patel told a press conference at DSE yesterday.