WSE wants to launch pan-CEE index

WSE operator plans to launch a joint index of the most liquid CEE stocks in cooperation with other regional bourses, the exchange CEO Marek Dietl said, adding that in the future regional bourse could set up an exchange traded fund (ETF) based on such index. Preliminary talks on the initiative were launched at the summit of regional bourses held in Prague back in February. CEE exchanges management met to discuss new regulatory requirements already implemented and proposed at the level of the European Union, and finding new ways to attract global investors to the region and to jointly represent our markets to investors as an attractive investment destination within the European Union.