Last updated: April 2010

Bolsa Nacional Agropecuaria  (BNA) (Colombia)

Street address: Calle 113 No. 7-21 Torre A Piso 15. Bogotá, Colombia

Phone:  +57 1 6292529 

Fax: +57 1 6292529 ext. 165

Email: juan.pryor{.}bna.com.co

Website: www.bna.com.co

Principal officers

Board of directors

 

Principal	Substitute
Rafael López Mejía	Luis David Peña
Sergio Enrique Villamizar Ortiz	Leonel Torres
Juan Pablo Jaimes	Mauricio Ospina Ortiz
Alessandro Corridori	Juan Felipe Gaviria
Juan Camilo Salazar Rueda	Jorge Tarazone
Tulio Enrique Arbelaez Gómez	Jorge Restrepo Palacios
Carlos Adolfo Mejía Tobón	Javier Serrano Rodríguez

 

 

Chairman	Carlos Adolfo Mejía Tobón
CEO	Juan Carlos Botero Ramirez
Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Legal Officer Chief Technology Officer	Dariela Gentile Velilla David Barreto Arenas Carmen Nohelia Campo Humberto Zuluaga

 

Brief history

BNA was founded in 1979 with the purpose of establishing a spot and forward market for agricultural and livestock goods, and other type of commodities.

Along the past 30 years, BNA has opened the business offer to include several financial instruments in order to act as both a commodities market as well as a capital market.

Today, BNA is a privately owned publicly traded corporation, with a minor participation of the Colombian government in its capital, subject to state supervision through the Colombian Financial Superintendency.

Though present in 6 different cities, the main office is located at Bogota and has 30 well established members.

During 2009, BNA has acted towards establishing a futures derivatives market, mainly for the energy and agricultural sectors.

 

Structure

BNA is a publicly traded corporation composed whose shares are traded in the Colombian Stock Exchange.

Trading statistics

BNA will launch the futures markets during 2010.

BNA

Trading system

Trading is through an order driven open outcry system.

Margin information

Margins are defined by Cámara de Riesgo Central de Contraparte de la Bolsa Nacional Agropecuaria S.A. (Central Counterparty), which is a subsidiary of BNA.

 

Contracts

 

BNA will launch the futures markets during 2010.