The Bahrain Financial Harbor Holding Company (BFHHC) announced on Saturday that Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX) will establish its operations at Bahrain Financial Harbor (BFH). BFH officials said a tenancy agreement has been signed with the BFX, under which the company will occupy the 12th floor of the East Tower. The BFX, launching in first quarter, 2010, is the first multi-asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa and will be internationally accessible to trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and Shariah-compliant financial instruments. Access through the e-trading platform and the BFX trading floor will allow market participants to raise capital, manage risk and enable investment in a secure environment with central counterparty clearing and settlement.