Investment & Capital Market Committee
Committee Objectives:
- Serving the interests of the AmCham Members on issues related
to Investments and Capital Markets.
- Advocacy: Raising issues and lobbying on behalf of members with
the relevant authorities such as the CMA, CASE and GAFI.
- Awareness: Seminars & Discussions on Topics of Interest
- Services: Provide access to relevant information.
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Committee Work Plan
1- Regular Seminars and Panels
Issues to be discussed
- Capital Market new instruments
- " Stock Listing Rules & Regulations
- Listing
- Compliance
- Regulation
- Private Equity Investment & venture capital Developments
- Mutual Funds and their Role in Capital Markets
- Developing the Egyptian Bond Market
- The Egyptian code of Corporate Governance
- Need for new capital market law (In conjunction with the Legal
Affairs Committee)
- Insurance companies role in developing the capital market (In
conjunction with the Banking, Finance & Insurance Committee
as well as the Legal Affairs Committee)
- IT & the development of both capital & financial markets
(In conjunction with the Banking, Finance & Insurance Committee
as well as the IT Committee)
- Mortgage Finance (In conjunction with the Banking, Finance &
Insurance Committee as well as the Legal Affairs Committee)
- Securitization & mortgage finance (In conjunction with the
real state Committee as well as the Legal Affairs Committee)
- Marketing the Economic Reform (In conjunction with the marketing
Committee)
- Institutional mechanisms for reducing state intervention in economic activities & strengthening its regulatory & oversight role.
- Privatization Development over the past 20 years in competitive sectors.
- GAFI's role to enhance the Investment Environment in Egypt & attract Foreign Direct Investment FDI.
2- Roundtable discussions
In addition to regular Seminars and Panels, some Issues will be addressed
in the form of Roundtable discussions involving industry experts from
the member base by invitation only. The purpose of the roundtable
discussion would be for a group of experts on the topic under discussion
to assist the committee in defining issues and positions on a more
detailed and professional level.
3- Conferences
- Financial Reform Conference to be held in Cairo in April 2006
- Investing in Egypt Conference to be held in new York in March 2006
4- Position papers
Deliverables:
- Position Paper on: Corporate Governance main principals.
- Summary on outcome from each Roundtable Discussion Cataloging Material from Seminars for Member 'Library'
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Contacts:
Chairman: Hisham El Khazindar, Citadel Capital
Co-Chair: Hisham Akram, Beltone Financial
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