In the provisionally named Domestic Standard, the high standards prescribed by German law will apply. The exchange council has recommended investigating alternative names for the Domestic Standard. In Prime Standard, these criteria will be joined by internationally accepted transparency requirements: quarterly reports, international accounting standards IAS or US-GAAP, a corporate calender, at least one analysts' meeting per year as well as ad-hoc disclosure, also in English. The target group for Domestic Standard are issuers with more of a national focus, whereas Prime Standard is designed to give issuers access to the international capital market.
FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:
Frankfurt Stock Exchange Council Approves New Segmentation for Equity
Date 16/10/2002