1.   Many foreign investors have wanted the two markets to merge in order to eliminate this discrepancy and create greater liquidity.

2.   Once enough are online to create liquidity, the hub turns into a marketplace, cutting out traditional middlemen and taking a commission from the transactions it hosts.

3.   That has created more liquidity.

4.   The stock market exists in the first instance to create ready liquidity for those willing to provide capital to the economy in the form of equity investments.

5.   Khalid says strategies have been mapped out and concerted efforts taken to ensure that liquidity is created and maintained within the group.