Bolsa de Comercio de Bahía Blanca
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Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
) is the local stock exchange
Stock exchange
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and chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
of the City of Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...
, Argentina
Argentina
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Foundation and Purpose
It was founded on June 21, 1979. Its main see is located on Avda Colon 2, Bahía Blanca. Its representative office is located on 25 de Mayo 267, 4º Piso, City of Buenos Aires.
Stock exchange
A stock exchange is an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and...
its main aim and objectives are intended to act on behalf of local customers regarding investments, stocks, shares and all related financial activities authorized by law and regulated by Banco Central de la República Argentina
Banco Central de la República Argentina
-Overview:Established by six Acts of Congress enacted on May 28, 1935, the bank replaced Argentina's Currency board, which had been in operation since 1890...
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Related support activities
Important additional related activities are providing financial, economical education, and reliable independent information -based on research- for which they support institutions such as CREEBBACREEBBA
Centro Regional de Estudios Económicos de Bahía Blanca, Argentina is a non-governmental, non profit, independent organization grouping a team of reputed researchers on economical and financial aspects of the city, the region and the Nation....
, being one of the local referents and main consultants as far as non biased publications on financial activities are concerned, which helps the economical growth of the city and region, resulting in a clear benefit for the Administration (more enterprises and individuals contributing with taxes), enterprises (accurate information based on which the decision-making processes are facilitated) and individuals (increased possibilities of protection of savings, increasing them according to investments in the market).
Culture
Since 1984 an annual exhibit of plastic arts is organized, open to the public with no admission fee. Pieces can be submitted by anyone being requested no submission-fee. They are eventually admitted after being accepted by a board of experts -different each year-, who are invited as such by their reputation and positions in the world of Arts. Close to the end of the exhibit and as a way of promoting plastic arts, prizes are awarded to five different pieces in order of merit. As real proof of good will and promotion of understanding amongst peoples, not long ago one of the top prizes was awarded to a plastic artist from the Falkland Islands, bought by the Chamber of Commerce itself to be shown in one of its main meeting rooms.The see of the Chamber also hosts frequently reputed national and international speakers from different fields of expertise, generally open to the public with no admission fee. Facilities for simultaneous translation are available in selected meeting rooms.
The building, -see of the Chamber- originally from The Bank of Spain and Río de La Plata, was restaured and refurbished ad-integrum respecting its original design and materials, following present architectural paradigms, for which a special team of experts were appointed for the direction of an appropriate refurbishment in keeping with the original style of the building, officially opened by the Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Duhalde
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in 1995.
External links
CREEBA, Centro Regional de Estudios Económicos de Bahía Blanca, Argentina Chamber of Commerce of Bahía Blanca- Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Home Page (Spanish, English available but language choice is set by a cookieHTTP cookieA cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site...
) - MERVAL official page
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