It is indeed an honour to speak on this auspicious occasion – the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) is the main stock exchange in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and the largest stock exchange in the Caribbean region by market capitalization at TT$150 Billion (I am told that the second largest, the JSE, has a market cap of just under a TT$110 Billion). It is noteworthy that a number of companies from other CARICOM countries, such as Barbados and Jamaica, also cross-list their stocks onto the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange and on behalf of the Government I wish to encourage more and more companies within Caricom to cross list on the TTSE.