FEAS Yearbook FEAS Yearbook 2015 | Page 21

ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES ZAGREB STOCK EXCHANGE We will continue to strive towards improving the corporate governance level and enabling further education of issuers as well as improving capital market efficiency so that it may yield new successful investment projects, listings and privatisation. Ivana Gazic President of the Management Board Stagnation in the Croatian capital market has extended beyond our expectations. Nevertheless, the very fact that trading indicators for the past few years have shown a relatively even course, without sharp declines, can be a reason for optimism. In the political sense, the year 2015 will be marked by elections, so certain deviations from the course centred on relevant economic topic may be expected, further hindering vital changes that need to be introduced in the economy and financial system changes. However, hoping that the economic indicators will recover, we will continue to strive towards improving the corporate governance level and enabling further education of issuers as well as improving capital market efficiency so that it may key HigHligHts Of tHe year Companies and market capitalization Number of listed companies Domestic companies Foreign companies Number of new listings Domestic market capitalization (USD million) Trading Value of share trading (USD million) Number of share trades (thousand) Value of bond trading (USD) Number of bond trades (thousand) Index CROBEX CROBEX10 CROBEXplus CROBEXtr© 31.12.2013 31.12.2014 152 n/a n/a 2 20,027 165 n/a n/a 0 21,441 429 32,805 59,004 73,434 489 40,354 40,646 67,232 1,745.44 1,007.14 940.18 1,009.78 1,794.28 994.85 987.83 1,003.99 yield new successful investment projects, new listings and privatisation. Hopefully, that may stimulate greater government involvement in the revival of both the economy and capital market, which needs to be assigned an adequate position and role in the country’s economy to help generate growth. “ In May 2014, Euromoney financial magazine awarded the prestigious title of the Best Financial Exchange in CEE to the Zagreb Stock Exchange in the category of Best Managed Companies in CEE. ” ABOUT ZAGREB STOCK EXCHANGE Established: 1991 Chairman: Ivana Gazic Address: Ivana Lucica 2a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Contact name: Sanda Kuhtic Nalis E: [email protected] W: www.zse.hr FULL MEMBERS 19