Riga Stock Exchange Becomes The Sole Owner Of The Latvian Central Depository

The Riga Stock Exchange (RSE) has concluded the purchase of 18,92 per cent of Latvian Central Depository (LCD) state-owned shares from the Latvian Privatisation Agency. Thus, the RSE has become the sole owner of the LCD.

Latvian capital market structure, consolidating the stock exchange and the depository into a single company is similar to that of Finland and Estonia. The new RSE Group is a part of HEX Baltic Operations. HEX Group holds 92.98 per cent of RSE shares.