Bahrain Financial Exchange

the bahrain financial exchange (bfx) is a pioneering international financial exchange based in the kingdom of bahrain and internationally accessible to trade cash, derivatives, structured products and shariah-compliant financial instruments. the bfx has set up the bfx clearing and depository corporation (bcdc) to clear and settle the financial instruments traded by the members of the bfx. the bfx and the bcdc are licensed and regulated by the central bank of bahrain (cbb). the exchange is a wholly owned initiative of financial technologies group (ft group), which currently owns one of the world’s largest networks of 9 exchanges connecting fast‐growing economies of africa, middle east, india and south east asia. bait al bursa is an islamic finance division of the bfx, exclusively offering electronic exchange traded islamic financial instruments. bait al bursa signifies the ‘home of exchanges’, and represents the bfx’s vision of providing a single venue for all the exchange traded busine