Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
Mr.
Michael Foot, the Vice Chairman of Promontory Financial Group, said
today that “all the evidence shows that regional consolidation of
Exchanges is an absolute must”. He said that in his keynote address to
the ADX Market Maker Conference, Abu Dhabi, on February 16th, 2014.
He
also added “where consolidation has not occurred, the result has been
relative stagnation”, and “certainly the limited size of the relevant
Exchanges in this region suggests that, to date, none have achieved the
economies of scale that they need for real growth. In short, where
there is no consolidation, it seems that everyone may suffer.
In
large part, this is because of the very obvious economies of scale that
consolidation can bring, especially in areas such as the IT support for
the trading platform. But the fact is that these possible economies run
through many more areas than just basic IT. Good corporate governance
of Exchanges does not come cheap, for example, nor do the systems needed
to monitor insider trading and other market abuse. In areas such as
this, the relative costs of good practice per trade can fall very
sharply indeed as volume increases.
In terms of some of these
economies and for the vital but less easily mapped issue of trying to
get business skills to congregate in one location, consolidation of
Exchanges is essential.” He added that “Especially where, in a Region,
there are a number of possible locations for cross-border trading
activity, the existence of such value-hubs can be critical in
determining that Center A grows, rather than B or C.”
He
concluded that in addition to “the potential value of regional
consolidation, another lesson, from the Exchange mergers that have taken
place, is that growth and prosperity only go to the committed. It is
also vital then to provide ‘best in class’ services -whether that be
corporate governance, IT, infrastructure or the rules environment in
which the Exchange itself functions. The rewards go only to those who
are indeed ‘best in class’ and who, one way or another, have something a
little better on offer than the geographical rivals who may be next
door.”
About Promontory Financial Group
Visit: www.promontory.com
Contacts
Rima Dajani Sakr, +9714 -445 -1555
rdajani@promontory.com
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