The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX)

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The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) is a stock exchange based in Grand Cayman on the Cayman Islands. It started operations in July 1997, and is fully owned by the Cayman Islands government.

Over 900 stocks, eurobonds, warrants and global depositary receipts are listed on the CSX.

The Cayman Stock Exchange (CSX) first opened its doors in 1997 and hasn’t looked back once. In 1999 the CSX was admitted to the London Stock Exchange’s list of approved organisations. This was the first offshore exchange to gain this designation.

The Cayman Islands is recognised as a major international financial centre with leadership in a number of areas. As the top international banking centre, the world's leading domicile for offshore hedge funds, the second largest captive insurance centre and a world leader in structured finance, the jurisdiction stands as the only offshore international financial centre to possess such breadth and depth in financial services.

Independent review by KPMG in October of 2000 declared the CSX to meet international standards in its operations.

CSX’s listing rules have been designed to allow the listing of specialist debt, depositary receipts, derivative warrants, mutual funds and eurobonds. The exchange also provides a facility for domestic companies to list trade, if they satisfy the requirements. CSX includes a secondary listing facility for companies trading on another recognised exchange.

To ensure the highest standards are met the Cayman Stock Exchange has partnered with Bloomberg Financial Markets providing global financial information. Bloomberg and CSX have developed a fully electronic listing and trading service as well as a dedicated news wire service. Trading is order driven, displaying a buying and selling price throughout the day.

The CSX website (http://www.csx.com.ky) mirrors information posted on Bloomberg and provides interactive access to information and prices held by the Exchange.

http://www.caymanfinances.com/ The Cayman Islands Financial Services Association is a group formed by a number of entities from the Cayman Islands private sector. The purpose of this alliance is to communicate current and historical information on the Cayman Islands financial services as an offshore financial centre on an ongoing basis to the general public. The organization has set out a clear and concise mission statement: "To communicate the integrity and quality of Cayman Islands financial services"

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The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in West Caribbean Sea comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. It is known as one of the largest tax havens in the world. The Cayman Islands - often referred to as The Caymans, or just Cayman. The Cayman Islands are located in the western Caribbean sea.

Grand Cayman is the largest of three Cayman Islands at about 196 km² and contains the capital George Town. Towns on the island are referred to as "districts".

The island is a low-lying limestone reef, with a highest elevation of roughly 60 feet above sea level. There is no natural fresh water (lakes, rivers, etc) on the island, so any fresh water needs must be met by catchments or desalination of seawater.

Foreign terms for the Caymans

Caymaneilanden = Dutch

Îles Caïmanes = French

Islas Caimán = Spain

Islas Caimán = Italy

Kaimaninseln = German

Links on websites on subject

http://www.ise.ie/index.asp The home page of Irish stock exchange

http://www.nasdaq.com/ The homepage of the stock exchange

http://www.cityequities.com/
http://www.moneyweek.com

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