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HC Brokerage Invited To Participate In Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange 10-Day Investor Awareness Campaign.

Cairo, Egypt -August 7th, 2005- It has been around just over 102 years and was once one of the five biggest in the world, and yet Egyptian business students today are marginally acquainted with Egypt’s stock market. As part of its investor awareness campaign aimed at Egypt’s students, The Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) will be holding a ten-day seminar at the Cairo University, and HC Brokerage has been invited to make three day presentations on the key issues of Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis and Company Valuation. The CASE seminar will run from July 10 to July 25, and HC will make its presentations July 12, July 13 and July 17.

HC Brokerage will bring to the seminar helpful information based on a solid background in the bourse and experienced analysts. Since 1999 HC Brokerage, an arm of HC Securities & Investment, has grown over the years to be considered one of the top three brokerage firms in the country today. HC’s Chairman & Managing Director Mr. Hussein El Sherbiny said, “HC Securities & Investment is one of the leading Egyptian investment banking firms that provides corporate finance and asset management services to local and regional clients.”

An estimated 150 Cairo University students are expected to attend CASE’s seminar, including some HC clients. Hussein explained that the aim of the seminar is to give students technical as well as case based knowledge that compliments their academic learning. Hussein went on to say, “The industry needs a good base of graduates that can feed its increasing human resources requirements.”

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