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Bahrain Financial Exchange Announces Key Tie Up With Financial Technologies Knowledge Management Company To Strengthen Its Training Initiative

Date 19/10/2009

The Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) a Multi – Asset international exchange, in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be internationally accessible to trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and Sharia-compliant financial instruments, has today announced its partnership with Financial Technologies Knowledge Management Company (FTKMC) a key player in the training and education field. This partnership will focus on the development of a world class programme of financial services training and education for the MENA region and will build on the BFX’s objective of training the next generation of market leaders.

This agreement was signed by Arshad Khan, Board Director of the BFX and Dr.Bandi Ram Prasad, President of the FTKMC. Dr.Bandi commented “the BFX training Institute will offer and conduct training, workshops, seminars, conferences in financial services with FTKMC providing infrastructure support and expertise in knowledge transfer initiatives”.

The BFX Training Institute is an in – house, international standard organization which will provide a rich combination of knowledge and practice in Financial Markets, covering major market segments such as capital markets, cash instruments, and derivatives.

Arshad Khan, Board Director of the BFX, remarked on the partnership “I’m pleased to partner with FTKMC to spread education and knowledge to Financial Markets and this partnership is a major milestone for the BFX in becoming a pioneering facility for financial education in Bahrain and MENA Region”.