USA stock market.

August 24th, 2006

The USA has the largest share market in the world. And though for some years (in the end of 80th - the beginning of 90th years) it has yielded precedence to the Japanese market, nevertheless it has regain positions after crash of the Japanese market after earthquake in Osaka. Ordinary stocks in the USA have no face-value. Other feature of actions of the USA is that their holders usually do not receive preemption right when the companies issues additional stocks.
If the company wishes to issue stocks for the public circulation, it should address in the Commission under securities and stock exchanges and to carry out of strict obligations on disclosing the information which continue to operate and in the further. Even the method of preparation and representation of the financial reporting stipulates in these rules. Until recently the Commission negatively concerned to dual listing of securities on a myriad of the stock exchanges organized on all country. These stock exchanges (all of them are authorized by the Commission) have no exclusive right on trade. And operations on over-the-counter market are widely widespread at them.
Many stock exchanges have kept the adherence to a trading hall in which brokers conclude transactions face to face. In addition to trade in a hall of a stock exchange are equipped by computer systems (at New-York stock exchange such system refers to “Super pillbox”), and at them so-called “transactions by phone on the top floor” for large share holdings also practice. Stock exchanges also often use “expert” who partly is engaged in regulation, and partly acts in a role of the main trader, and only one expert is engaged in each securities. However the growing North American association of dealers under securities (NASD) by means of the system of automatic quotations has created a special market niche especially for stocks of the hi-tech companies and technically it is considered organized over-the-counter market. There is a requirement of bodies of regulation concerning all intermediaries in the USA - they should aspire to the conclusion of the transaction under the “best” price which is available in a network of stock exchanges of the USA irrespective of, whether local it is the market or not.
In the general opinion, the market of the USA is the most adjustable according to the legislation originally put into operation in the beginning of 1930th years. In this market extremely strict control measures are applied concerning its all participants at their admission on the market and carrying out of operations on it. Access of commercial banks to trade in securities is still limited by Glass Stigl Certificate which does not allow concluding to banks the transaction on the goods and securities of the same companies.
Calculations are usually made for the third working day after day of the conclusion of the transaction (T + 3) on the basis of everyday execution through usual bank system.

Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE)

August 7th, 2006

I have written this blog for 1.5 month, but only several days ago I realize that I wrote about different foreign stock exchanges, but I’ve forgotten to write about the unique stock of my own country… About Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange… And today I’ll try to correct it!
The portrait of open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange”
The open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange” has been formed in 1998 in accordance with the Decree of the President of Belarus from July, 20th, 1998 №366 “About perfection of system of state regulation of the stock market”. Founders of a stock exchange became National bank of the Republic of Belarus (a control share holding), Fund of the state property of the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Belarus and a number of large banks of the Republic of Belarus.
The supreme body of management of open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange” is General meeting of shareholders. The structure of shareholders of a stock exchange, except for founders includes banks, the broker/dealer subsidiaries of republic, etc. The Management of a stock exchange between the General meetings of shareholders is carried out by the Supervisory council.
As of today of open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange” is the unique in republic trading platform on the basis of which the national system of the exchange trades on all basic segments of the financial market is created: currency, share and term. Except for the organization of the trades, the stock exchange carries out functions of the settlement depositary institution in the exchange market of not state securities, function of the operator of settlement-clearing system by all kinds of securities and tools of the term market, and also carries out registration of the transactions concluded on the over-the-counter market with stocks of open joint-stock companies and voucher “Housing”.
The foreign exchange market.
According to the Rules of exchange trade in the foreign currencies approved by the decision of Board of National bank of the Republic of Belarus 28/06/2001 №165 (read with 31/10/2003), open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange” it is allocated by the right of the organization of the trades by a foreign currency.
The trades by a foreign currency at a stock exchange are carried out within the limits of Section of the currency market. The exchange trades are spent daily with use of electronic system of the trades. The cores currencies quoted at a stock exchange are: US dollar, Euro, the Russian ruble and the Ukrainian hryvna. The rates generated on results of the exchange trades, today are included into the category of the basic indicators of the currency market. On results of the trades the National bank of the Republic of Belarus establishes official rates of the Belarus ruble in relation to US dollar and ruble of the Russian Federation.
The total volume of the trades by all kinds of currencies for 9 months of 2005 was made 10.6 billion of rubles or 4 912 million US dollars in an equivalent.
Stock market.
According to the legislation of the Republic of Belarus for many securities the stock exchange is a unique admissible jail of transactions. To such papers concern: the state issue securities, bonds of National bank of the Republic of Belarus, the bond of local loans and the securities of the open joint-stock companies last an estimation of quality and reliability (listing) and admitted to the reference at a stock exchange. To participation in the trades by securities members of Section of the share market are supposed only. Transactions with securities are made in universal electronic trading system. The opportunity to participate in the trades with use of the automated workplaces located in trading halls of a stock exchange, or through the removed trading terminals is given to members of Section of the share market. The trades by securities are spent daily in following modes: “Continuous double auction”, “REPO (the fixed pricing)”, “REPO (free pricing)”, “Discrete auction”, “Forward transactions”, “Simple auction”, “Simple auction REPO”. The given modes are effectively used for primary accommodation of securities, the organization of their secondary reference and maintenance of processes of privatization.
Now in sector of the state securities and securities of National bank auctions of the Ministry of Finance on accommodation of the state securities are spent, within the limits of the secondary reference transactions in modes “continuous double auction” and “REPO” are made, the National bank of the Republic of Belarus on a regular basis spends simple auctions REPO. On the given segment of the market the institute a market-makers functions. Since September, 1st, 2005 the index on the market government securities/short-term bonds of the National bank of the Republic of Belarus pays off and published.
In sector of not state securities transactions with stocks and bonds of subjects of managing are made at primary accommodation and the secondary reference, and also privatization transactions. The fund of the state property of the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Belarus uses exchange technologies for the organization of auctions on sale of actions belonging to the state for a foreign currency and the Belarus rubles, “discrete auction” and other accessible modes of the trades realizes state blocks of shares of stocks in a mode. Since October, 7th of 2005 in sector of not state securities the regular trades by bonds of banks have begun.
Participants of the trades can make transactions with not state securities with following conditions of calculations: T+0 (delivery of money and securities in day of fulfillment of the transaction), T+n (delivery of money and securities in the day certain by participants during the moment of fulfillment of the transaction), and also the transactions made on conditions REPO.
The total volume of the exchange trades by securities of all kinds for 9 months of 2005 has made 7.0 billion of rubles, or 3.2 billion of US dollars.
According to the legislation of the Republic of Belarus the stock exchange carries out obligatory registration of all accomplished on the over-the-counter market of transactions with securities of the open joint-stock companies, and also since January, 25th, 2005 transactions with nominal privatization checks “Housing”. For nine months of 2005 by a stock exchange it has been registered 1066 over-the-counter transactions with stocks of open joint-stock company for a total sum of 15.96 billion rubles (7.4 million of US dollars) and 33653 transactions with  voucher “Housing” at actual cost of 19083,7 million rubles (on a face-value 24.0 million rubles). For service of processes of registration system BEQAS functioning on the basis of the Internet-technologies is used.
The term market.
Since October, 2004 the stock exchange has started trading by financial tools of the term market on a constant basis. The exchange trades by tools of the term market are spent in electronic trading system every working day simultaneously on all tools in a mode “continuous double auction”. As participants of the trades act the members of Section of the term market. Calculations under made transactions are spent in uniform settlement-clearing system, in which function of a clearing bank carries out National bank of the Republic of Belarus, and function of clearing - a stock exchange. The toolkit of the given market is presented by future contracts on rates of foreign currencies and interest rates in the market of the state securities.
Information work.
The major principle of the organization of activity of a stock exchange is development of information technologies and increase of a transparency of the financial market of republic. With a view of realization of the given principle by a stock exchange it is created and successfully functions three basic automated information products: the official Internet-site of a stock exchange, the Belarusian automated quoted system of a stock exchange (BEQAS), Information system “Stock market”. The official Internet-site of open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange” is the central element of system of disclosing of the information by results of activity of a stock exchange in the currency, share and term markets.
“The Share market” accumulates data about a condition and the processes occurring on a republican securities market. The basic suppliers of the information are open joint-stock company “Belarus currency-stock exchange”, Committee under securities at Ministerial council, National bank, the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Finance. Except for the data, directly concerning the stock market, in system the information on a condition of the currency and monetary market is concentrated; contain actual financial and social and economic news of Belarus, the CIS countries and the world.
BEQAS is the information-quoted system functioning on the basis of the Internet-technologies, intended for search of the counterpart for fulfillment of transactions with various kinds of securities, and also serving processes of obligatory registration in the unorganized market of transactions with stocks of the open joint-stock companies and the nominal privatization checks “Housing” accomplished on the over-the-counter market. For today the system is the only thing in republic a high-grade source of the information on a condition the over-the-counter market of the Belarusian enterprises.
Besides the stock exchange acts as the supplier of the information for republican news agencies, and also the leading mass-media focused on illumination of world economic processes.

EU has approved merge Alcatel and Lucent Technologies.

July 25th, 2006

Adjusting bodies of the European Union (EU) have approved merge of manufacturers of the telecommunication equipment - French Alcatel SA and American Lucent Technologies Inc., Associated Press informs.
The federal trading commission of the USA has passed the positive decision concerning the given transaction in June 2006. Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have made a decision on merge in the beginning of April of current year. The proceeds of the incorporated company, by calculations, will reach 21 billion euro (26.5 billion dollars) a year.
In management Alcatel-Lucent representatives of two companies will be presented in an equal parity. The head of the incorporated company becomes present Lucent’s executive director Patrisija Russo. Alcatel’s chairman and the main executive director Serge Tchuruk now becomes chairman of board of directors Alcatel-Lucent without executive powers. Both companies plan to finish the transaction up to the end 2006.

Stock exchange in Saint-Petersburg… (conclusion).

July 17th, 2006

Today I’d like to finish the story about Saint-Petersburg Stock exchange…
Kinds of the securities presented at the Saint-Petersburg Stock exchange.
The Share market has been presented in 1830 by:
- the state and city bonded loans which shared on short-term (till 1 year), long-term and termless (the original rent)
- continuously profitable, basically denominations in 100 thousand rubles.
- mortgage sheets and bonds of ground banks and private establishments of the long-term credit;
- bonds and stocks of the private companies (stocks were issued only by the commercial enterprises, and bonds as the state and bodies of city self-management). Bonds were issued basically by denominations from 100 up to 5000 rubles, termless loans - in 100 thousand rubles. Bonds and other securities with the state guarantee could not be a subject of Exchange frauds, unlike stocks of the private companies and other securities. Last third of XIX century the most popular were stocks of private railways. The share market of 1995 differs a little:
- the state securities;
- municipal bonds and loans;
- the securities emitted by commercial bank;
- stocks and bonds of the privatized enterprises;
- securities of the private emitters created outside of process of privatization.
The following - current liabilities. They are issued by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation in the paperless form. The purpose is repayment of debts to the enterprises - suppliers to the state orders and mutual payment between the enterprises. Current liabilities become the securities after the term specified in the global certificate of release. Face value of 1 current liability is 1 million rubles, the fixed profitableness at repayment - 40 %.
During the same period of time have appeared Bonds of the State Savings Loan. They are issued in the cash form, face value from 100 thousand up to 500 thousand rubles. Four times a year the coupon income established depending on profitableness of state credit obligations (the State Short-term Obligations) is paid. Sale is made on auctions which are spent or in the form of voice (calculations between participants), or electronic (calculations directly with depository of the Stock exchanges) the trades. A securities market of 1830
- The state and city bonded loans,
- mortgage sheets and bonds of ground banks and private establishments of the long-term credit,
- bonds and stocks of the private companies.
Stocks of private railways are most popular; a securities market in 1992:
- the state securities,
- municipal bonds and loans,
- the securities emitted by commercial bank,
- stocks and bonds of the privatized enterprises, - securities of the private emitters created outside of process of privatization. The state securities are most popular.
Legal aspects.
Initially according to “the companies and stocks” of 1836: all Operations on the stock exchange have been forbidden by Regulations about, but already there was a law on obligatory use of registered stocks. In 1893 have been entered restrictions on carrying out of operations with securities without the share broker. Books of the share broker submitted to audit of the Ministry of Finance, and its chapter could dismiss brokers for abusing, not asking on that of the consent of Exchange committee. Without the permission of financial department it was forbidden to enter securities into the quotation.
On June, 27th, 1900 at the Petersburg Stock exchange the share department, as “a department which was laid down in special conditions of activity” has been created. The department submitted to the Ministry of Finance on especial office by a credit part which began to interfere with activity of the share market.
In 1907 Rules for transactions on purchase and sale of a foreign currency, funds and stocks at the Petersburg Stock exchange have been founded. The bulletin of a share department of the Stock exchange became the official document; the rates specified in it - obligatory for all Russian empire. Brokers were sworn, represented the mortgage and for execution of the transactions concluded at their participation, answered within the limits of data to them of decrees. For the infringements noticed by officials of the Ministry of Finance, could exclude from full members and regular customers.
Nowadays members of the Stock exchange representatives of broker firms, banks, associations, and the dealers, brought a share can be. Physical persons for membership in he Stock exchange should have the certificate of the state bodies on the right of carrying out of transactions with securities. All members of the Stock exchange should correspond to qualifying requirements. By position 1997 the number of members should be not less than 20. The input on a stock exchange is limited. Members of controls, officials, employees of the Stock exchange have the right of a free admission.
 Thank you for your attention and I hope this information will be useful…:)

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