Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo, known as the Bolsa de Montevideo or as BVM, is the principal stock exchange of Uruguay. It is based in Montevideo and was founded in 1867. The Montevideo Stock Exchange (BVM) is an institution whose primary function is to provide the platform for the realization of the laying operations, trading and safekeeping of public and private securities. The placement process includes entering new values to the market, i.e., the monetary value. Trading involves the buying and selling of existing securities in the secondary market. Securities custody is a service that
Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana was originally known as the "Bolsa de Valores de Santo Domingo Inc". In 1997, as a result of the fact that its activities extended into other cities of the country, it changed its name to "Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana". This means that the market is still relatively new, and the concept of both an equity and capital market is just coming into consciousness. Despite the limitations resulting from inadequate legislation, transactions at the BVRD grew steadily during the 1990s. There are twenty brokerage houses registered at the BVRD. Thirteen belong to financial groups and only seven are