Wednesday 26 June 2013

Japan helps Myanmar to launch its first Data Center

Myanmar is planning to launch its first Data Center to set up a very first stock exchange in the country with technical assistance from Japan, according to the sources from the Central Bank of Myanmar.


The Data Center is a kind of Modular Data Center and will be constructed with the aid of Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. (DIR). A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed on May 31.

The data centre's construction is aimed at modernization on Myanmar's financial information technology. The center will become operational in January next year, according to the DIR.

DIR has been working in Myanmar to establish a capital market since 1990s. Myanmar Economic Bank and the DIR co-founded the Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre Co., Ltd (MSEC) in June, 1996. In 2010, the DIR had a representative status with Central Bank of Myanmar to make a business in treasury bonds.

Moreover Central Bank of Myanmar, Tokyo Stock Exchange and DIR had an agreement to co-operate to establish stock exchange centers which will be taken shape in Yangon and Mandalay in 2015.

The DIR is contributing to modernize financial IT system and Tokyo Stock Exchange is helping technical issues and is sharing experiences to run the Data Center with international standards.

The DIR announced that it will be committed to making a continued contribution to the sustainable economic growth in Myanmar by providing advanced solutions with Japanese-level quality.

Myanmar is drawing rules and regulations concerned with setting up the establishment of a stock exchange. The intermediary and fund management companies will be allowed, according to the sources from Central Bank of Myanmar.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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