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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, responds during a question and answer session at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum which is held at the start of each year and, attracts a broad gathering of state officials, policy makers, industry leaders and other prominent professionals within the...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), in discussion with Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest (left), at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. Looking on is Professor Neville Ying. The regional conference, hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange ,was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum held at the start of each year which attracts a broad gathering of state...

Director, Programmes and Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer (centre), in discussion with (from left) Charge D’affaires/Minister Counselor, Delegation of the European to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and The Cayman Islands, Fredrik Ekfeldt; and Project Manager, Jamaica Social Stock Exchange Project, Nora Blake, at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional conference...

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that Jamaica needs to look seriously at the prospect of having a micro stock exchange, adding that there is also a place for equity financing for micro and small enterprises as an alternative to high interest rates.

“We need to look at it in Jamaica. We need to look carefully at the model in Canada where they have a micro stock exchange, which is doing exceptionally well. I say this because 90% of all our businesses in Jamaica are micro and small enterprises,” said Minister Shaw.

Minister Shaw was...

Director, Programmes and Projects, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Clifford Spencer, speaking at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held from January 22-24, is a financial forum held at the start of each year, which attracts a broad gathering of state officials, policy makers, industry leaders and other prominent professionals within the Caribbean and...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), in discussion with (from left) Charge D’affaires/Minister Counselor, Delegation of the European to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and The Cayman Islands, Fredik Ekfeldt; and Managing Director, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Marlene Street-Forrest, at the 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference hosted by the Jamaica Stock Exchange was held under the theme “Expanding Our Boarders: Securing Our Future”, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The regional...