(KINGSTON, May 1, 2009): The RMOD’s logo and tagline competition culminated with a press briefing at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), 40 Harbour Street. This event was held to unveil its new logo and tagline and award the winners of the competition. The event commenced with Mrs. Marlene Street Forrest welcoming all. She re-iterated the JSE’s commitment to engage the public in major events such as the RMOD’s logo and tagline. According to Mrs. Street Forrest, “just over twenty-two (22) years ago, the Jamaica Stock Exchange sought a logo that would best represent the Company and received over 350 entries from students across the island. We are now recognized globally by that logo. Our zippy tagline was created some two years later and summarized our corporate mission established over forty years ago, that of ‘providing a fair and efficient and transparent stock market”.
Mr. Livingstone Morrison, a Director of the JSE and a member of the adjudicating committee for the logo and tagline competition stated that the competition had wide ranging support from the public as entries were received from all over the world. Some of the entries came from as far away as India and Malaysia and of course our North American neighbour the United States got involved.
Miss Hilary Phillips, QC and Chairman of the Regulatory and Market Oversight Committee (RMOC), which oversees the Regulatory and Market Oversight Division who also spoke at the event, stated that “with the formation of the RMOC and RMOD the JSE’s regulatory responsibilities have been separated from its commercial operations. Arising from this it has become more apparent and necessary to signal to all that the separation is real, hence, the branding of the RMOD, which is the true purpose of this competition”.
Mr. Quincy Campbell a resident of Montego Bay, Jamaica walked away with the J$80,000.00 prize for the logo competition and Mr. Neerja Serna from India, walked away with the winning cheque of J$20,000.00 for his tagline (Safe Guarding Market Integrity).
