Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Corporate Fact Sheet December 2014

TEL AVIV, Israel, January 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Fast Facts

• Market capitalization (Excluding ETNs): 
  • Equities:US$201 billion;
  • Bonds:US$208 billion

• Daily Turnover Y-T-D (Including off-the-floor transactions): 
• Equities (Including ETNs):US$339 million; 
• Government Bonds:US$901 million
• Corporate Bonds(Including ETNs): US$285 million 
• Treasury Bills: US$179 million 
• TA-25 Index Options:202 thousands of contracts

• 473 equity companies  
• 47 companies cross-listed abroad 
• 591 index-tracking products (ETN's) 
• 31 series of government bonds 
• 607 series of corporate bonds 
• 75 series of Institutional bonds 
• 1,330 mutual funds

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For TASE Monthly Main Indicators  

Israel Key Macroeconomic indicators 

• GDP per capita:
  2013 - US$ 36,200
• GDP growth:
  2013- 3.3%, 2014 Est.  - 2.6%
• Inflation:
  2013 - 1.8%; Jan-Nov 2014 - (0.2%)
• Bank of Israel interest rate:
  Jan 2015 - 0.25%
• Surplus in balance of payments
• Budget deficit:
  2013: 3.2% of GDP, 2014 (Est.) 3.0%

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange 

Established in September 1953, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is an efficient one-stop shop for the securities industry, hosting an increasingly sophisticated range of products available to investors, including shares, corporate bonds, treasury bills and bonds, index-tracking products and derivatives. TASE is a fully-automated exchange with a central order book trading system, providing clearing, settlement and depository services.

NEWS 

Further Implementation of R&D Committee Recommendations: Listing Rules for TASE-Traded High-tech Funds The rules stipulate a NIS 400 million threshold for the initial public offerings (IPO) for such funds and require that they operate under the model of closed-end mutual funds. These funds will be entitled to invest up to 30% of the capital raised in non-traded financial assets, which may be adjusted to 50% in the future should investors be granted government guarantees to mitigate investor risk. For more information

Two New Types of Trade Orders: Stop Limit and Iceberg as of 28/12- New Order Types Designed to Make Trading More Efficient and Enhance Liquidity. The introduction of these two new order types constitutes a further step undertaken by TASE to improve trading efficiency and enhance liquidity, and this following the deepening of the order book display to five levels, the launch of additional stock options as well as options on the TA-100 index and the launch of new bond price. The new orders are available to the clients of all TASE members and they apply to all TASE-traded securities, excluding derivatives. For more information

Membership 

The TASE is owned by its members, which comprise the Bank of Israel (Israel's central bank), 15 banks and 11 investment houses. The banks are supervised by the Bank of Israel and the investment houses by the TASE. The TASE permits international banks and investment houses that have no permanent representation in Israel to become 'remote members'.

For the TASE Members' list.

Dual Listing 

Companies traded in the USA and on the London Stock Exchange (Main Market) can dual-list their shares on the TASE.  Dual-listing, which does not entail significant costs, imposes no additional regulatory burden and offers continuous trading from 09:45 to 23:00 (Israeli time), for companies listed in the USA.  There are currently 43 companies dually-listed on TASE, as well as 4 companies which are cross-listed on other foreign securities exchanges.

For more information about Dual Listing on TASE.

Globalization 

Israel is classified as a "developed market" by MSCI, FTSE and S&P and is included in the following international indices: MSCI World, MSCI KOKUSAI, MSCI Europe & Middle East, MSCI EAFE, MSCI EASE, the FTSE All World, FTSE Med-100 indices, and S&P Developed BMI.
Trading on TASE is conducted through its members, which include Israeli and international banks and investment houses.

For further information, you are welcome to visit our website at: 

http://www.tase.co.il  or contact the TASE Marketing and Communications Unit at +972-76-8160405/6

SOURCE Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)

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