The Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission’s (TTSEC’s) Guidelines for Collective Investment Schemes, 2008, states that a CIS manager is a person who is responsible for the business operations and affairs of a collective investment scheme. Guideline 11 of the TTSEC CIS Guidelines states that no person shall act …
The Novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic continues to affect various sectors of the world’s economies causing downturns across the globe. While global leaders implement fiscal and monetary stimulus packages, the economic development and outlook of many countries remain uncertain. The International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook Update (June 2020) projected a …
The ability to capture, maintain and monitor key financial stability/macro-prudential indicators is essential in the analysis and evaluation of the of the securities market. This article will discuss the Micro and Macro Prudential Reporting Framework (MMRF), which is the tool utilised by the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission …
Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (“TTSEC”) is host to the 9th Technical Assistance Programme for financial sector regulators in the Caribbean, being facilitated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC). This year however, as a result of COVID-19, the programme is being conducted via a …
Over the years market actors have been evolving their products and services to keep abreast of changes in the securities market. This is necessary to meet the increasing demands of investors for various types of securities. In this article, we will explain what is a security and also discuss the …
In celebration of World Investor Week (WIW) 2020 (October 5-11), the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) in collaboration with the International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE) Caribbean Working Group (CWG), has launched an online ‘I Will…’ campaign, to raise awareness about individual and collective resiliency in Trinidad …
We all make investments in our daily lives and each investment is made with an expectation to derive some benefit. We invest in ourselves through education and learning with the hope that our job prospects and consequent earning potential would improve. We invest in a car, land and a house …
In accordance with Section 159(12) of the Securities Act, Chapter 83:02 of the Laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (also referred to herein as the “Securities Act, 2012”), the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (“the Commission”) is required to issue a Notice in at least two …
The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT), the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) and the Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT) have been collaborating in their capacity as Financial Sector Regulators, to establish a framework to regulate and supervise entities that offer products and …
In our two previous articles we shared some of the tools that you can use to get started with investing, as a means of making your money work for you. We focused on some of the available resources on our investor education website www.investucatett.com such as: a risk profile test, …
