| With foreign dignitaries visiting almost every day, the NYSE can easily be seen as the United Nations of the securities world. Heads of state, finance ministers, and other top government officials from nations around the globe often make the NYSE a required stop on their trips abroad to advance their economic plans and court U.S. investors.
Last month the NYSE hosted Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Belgium’s Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, and Japan’s Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki — all within a two-week period.
“Consistency, continuity and transparency of policies have been the hallmark of the government’s economic policies,” the Pakistan Times quoted Prime Minister Aziz as saying during his NYSE visit on Jan. 20. The prime minister noted that the new economic policies had boosted investment both within and outside Pakistan.
As with Prime Minister Aziz, Belgium’s Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt visited the NYSE to reach the Wall Street community and promote investment in his country. His visit on Jan. 19 was his first to the NYSE, as was Prime Minister Aziz’s.
Japan’s Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki visited the Exchange on Jan. 9. He met with NYSE CEO John A. Thain, toured the trading floor, and rang The Closing BellSM , concluding a day of trading when the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 11,000 for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Photos of their visits follow.
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