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ANNUAL REPORT 2015 FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES IRAN FARA BOURSE In 2014 in spite of sanctions against Iran, IFB as a young Stock Exchange in Iran continued its major role in supporting the Iranian economy through providing the required financing for companies to expand and grow. Amir Hamooni CEO In 2014 in spite of sanctions against Iran, IFB as a young Stock Exchange in Iran continued its major role in supporting the Iranian economy through providing the required financing for companies to expand and grow. In the 6th year of operation, IFB accomplished noteworthy projects including launching Intellectual Property Market where IP terms such as inventions, trademarks, industrial designs, etc can be traded and also launching Construction Fund to gather small and big savings to allocate for the specific construction projects. In 2015 the IFB will focus on the following activities: • L aunch of a separate board for SMEs; • Launch of VC and PE, Gold Fund, Charity Fund; • Issuance of Islamic Treasury Bills at Ministry of Economic Affairs & Finance via IFB; • Selling incomplete projects of government through IFB auction market; • Exploring possibilities for introducing new debt instruments like Repos to the market; • Exchange trading the EDALAT Stock; • Increase of trading hours and days at Modern Financial Instruments Market; key HigHligHts Of tHe year Companies and market capitalization Number of listed companies Domestic companies Foreign companies Market capitalization of listed companies (USD million) Market capitalization of all IFB markets (USD million) Trading Trading value of listed shares (USD million) Trading value of unlisted shares (USD million) Trading volume of listed shares (thousand) Trading volume of unlisted shares (thousand) Trading value of fixed-income instruments (USD million) Trading volume of fixed-income instruments (thousand) Index IFX 31.12.2013 31.12.2014 96 96 0 29,254 40,975 126 126 0 23,548 34,803 5,500 2,082 21,874,549 17,371,526 2,813 69,586 3,468 2,846 22,682,854 28,560,240 4,679 126,045 817 776 • C reating new indices; • Seek more cooperation with stock exchanges worldwide, with the aim of exchanging information and expertise; • Pursuing strategic partnerships in different areas with stock exchanges, financial entities and technology providers; • Developing the bank network connected to online trading platform of IFB; I highly appreciate our shareholders, customers and partners for their confidence and support in the development of our projects. “ In the 6th year of operation, IFB accomplished noteworthy projects including launching Intellectual Property Market. ” (USD 1= IRR 27,138 - December 2014) (USD 1= IRR 24,774 - December 2013) ABOUT IRAN FARA BOURSE Established: 2008 CEO: Amir Hamooni Address: No.1, North Didar St., Haghani Hwy., Tehran, Iran Contact name: Mehrnaz Najafi E: [email protected] Tel: +98 (21) 42150323 W: www.ifb.ir FULL MEMBERS 23