Thursday, February 11 2010 14:13

Head of Capital Asset Management expects essential improvement in Armenia's stock market in 2 years


ArmInfo.
The main problem which currently
brakes the dynamic development of Armenia's capital market, is
absence of long financial resources, inflow of which in the economy
may be assured just by insurance companies, pension and investment
funds, Director General of Capital Asset Management investment
company Tigran Karapetyan told ArmInfo. According to him, the
insurance product is comparatively recognizable among in the public,
and the quality of this product is not bad, taking into account the
economic realities of Armenia. "Implementation of a compulsory civil
liability motor-vehicle insurance will more activate the insurance
sector and assure inflow of "long funds" in the economy.


The expert thinks that implementation of a compulsory civil
liability motor-vehicle insurance and the pension reform will assure
inflow of vital long-term financial resources, after which the
capital market in Armenia will start working beginning with
2013-2014, with appearance of new financial instruments in it.


When speaking of appearance of new issuers in the market in 2010, T.
Karapetyan said no public placements should be expected in the
current year. However, he did not rule out a possibility of emission
of corporate bonds with closed placement, which are intended for a
narrow customer circle.


To note, corporate bonds of 8 issuers and shares of 11 issuers are
currently quoted at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. The essentially organized
securities market of Armenia is experiencing stagnation.