Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum which is held at the start of each year, which attracts a broad gathering of state officials, policy makers, industry leaders and other prominent professionals within the Caribbean and international community.
Shaw reiterates call for micro stock exchange
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that Jamaica needs to look seriously at the prospect of having a micro stock exchange, adding that there is also a place for equity financing for micro and small enterprises as an alternative to high interest rates. “We need to look at it in Jamaica. We need to look carefully at the model in Canada where they have a micro stock exchange, which is doing exceptionally well. I say this because 90% of all our businesses in Jamaica are micro and small enterprises,” said Minister Shaw. Minister Shaw was speaking at the...
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