Bolivian Stock Exchange

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Bolivian Stock Exchange
Bolsa Boliviana de Valores
Bolsa Boliviana de Valores logo.svg
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Headquarters of the Bolivian Stock Exchange in La Paz
Type Stock Exchange
Location La Paz, Bolivia
Founded1989;35 years ago (1989)
Currency Bolivian boliviano
No. of listings282
Website www.bbv.com.bo

The Bolivian Stock Exchange (known in Spanish as Bolsa Boliviana de Valores or BBV) is a stock exchange based in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. Which began operations in 1989, [1] the exchange offers trading of equities, indexes, gold, and local commodities.

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History

The founders of the Bolivian Stock Exchange included Ernesto Wende, Oscar Parada, Gastón Guillén, Gastón Mujía, José Crespo, Luis Ergueta, and Chirveches. [2] The President of the Confederation of Private Employers of Bolivia (CEPB), Marcelo Pérez Monasterios (later the Bolivian ambassador to the United Kingdom [3] ), called for a meeting to designate a commission to help establish the stock exchange, and the project launched on April 19, 1979, under the name Bolsa Boliviana de Valores (Bolivian Stock Exchange). The BBV began with $B1,420,000 (Bolivian weight, valid legal tender until 1987) in capital and with 71 shareholders. [4] Upon establishment, the entity's first General Board of Shareholders approved statutes of the society and appointed Don Ernesto Wende Frankel as its first director. The board was responsible for executing the necessary formalities to obtain legal status, including approval of the statutes from the National Commission of Values, in compliance with the Code of Trade.[ citation needed ]

Between 1982 and 1985, economic conditions were not conducive to activation of trading on the Bolivian Stock Exchange. Bolivia was fiscally weak and filled with hyperinflation, which added to demands for price stability. A process was established to improve the country's economic situation, seeking to achieve stabilization and economic deflation. With improved economic conditions in 1989, a USAID program was initiated to support the stock market. It extended to the National Commission of Values and to the Bolivian Stock Exchange, and it also enabled qualification of intermediaries, preparation of regulations, and operational preparation of the market. On October 20, 1989, the Bolsa Boliviana de Valores initiated official activities.

Organization

The Bolivian Stock Exchange is organized in the following structure:

The Bolivian stock market

From 1989, with the start of operations of the Bolivian Stock Exchange, the Bolivian financial system initiated a period of important transformations which deepened during the 1990s, with the promulgation of the Law of Banks and Financial Entities (1993), the Law of the Central Bank of Bolivia (1995), the Law of Pensions (1996), the Law of the Stock Market (1998), and the Law of Insurance (1998).[ citation needed ]

Sectors that contribute in stock exchange

Stocks in the following sectors are traded on the Bolivian Stock Exchange:

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