Colombia and Peru are planning to merge their stock exchanges, The Wall Street Journal reports. As per the agreement, the bourses will create a new company in which Colombia will have 64% control and Peru 36%.
The Colombian Stock Exchange and the Lima Stock Exchange have already signed a memorandum of understanding for the merger. The merger is separate from a planned integration of trading between the stock exchanges in Colombia, Peru and Chile estimated to take place later this year.
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