FEAS Yearbook FEAS Yearbook 2019 | Page 83

Damascus Securities Exchange

About Damascus Securities Exchange

Established: 2009

CEO: Dr. Abdul Razak Kasem

Address: Barza-Damascus- Syria

Contact Name: Mr. Osama Hasan

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.dse.sy

Yearbook 2019

Abdul Razak Kasem

Chief Executive Officer

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The Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) administration organized a business dinner with the listed company directors and in the presence of Dr. Abid, chairman of the board of commissioners of the Syrian securities and financial markets and Dr. Ahmed Homsi, on monday evening on 18 February 2019 at the hotel Yazan, in the context of efforts to promote communication and continued cooperation, a range of topics related to the performance and functioning of the market and the difficulties of the solutions and proposals.

DSE participated in the thirtieth meeting of the Association of Deposit Centers in Africa and the Middle East (AMEDA) as a member of the organization, which was held in the Sultanate of Oman, Muscat,in the period between (10-13) December2019 in the presence of more than 50 participants from the heads Executives of the depository institutions and members of the organization, which the total number reached (29) deposit centers and financial institutions.

During the meeting, some issues related to the future strategies of institutions were discussed like the application of new technologies as Blockchain and some studies on the capital market sector.

On the sidelines of the meeting, a conference was held which aim at informing the participants of the latest developments and applications of the capital market sector and on new developments and new standards applied in Central Clearing and Depository Centers identifying new developments, exchanging experiences, communicating and consolidating relationships between the member participants and the speakers at the conference.

Year in review