Collective Investment Schemes/Mutual Funds – Fixed NAV and Floating NAV

Collective Investment Schemes (“CIS”), commonly known as mutual funds are investment vehicles, which allow the pooling of investor resources to create a more diversified portfolio and take advantage of the benefits of large-scale investment opportunities. Investors effectively own portions of the overall pool through units/shares, which are proportional to their …

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Registration of Trust Form Collective Investment Schemes as Reporting Issuers

Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission has been faced with certain challenges to the application of the Securities Act, 2012 (the SA 2012) and the Securities (General) By-laws, 2015, as they relate to the registration of Collective Investment Schemes (CISs) constituted via trust.  These challenges are based on the …

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Compliance Reviews of Registrants – Another Way Investors are Protected

The conduct of compliance reviews (also known as inspections) is one of the mechanisms used by the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) for investors to maintain confidence in the local securities market. The Compliance and Inspections Division, of the TTSEC, is responsible for conducting compliance reviews to …

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