Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission hosts Training Programme

Regional regulators of securities markets from the Bahamas, Barbados and Guyana attended a Securities Investigator’s Training Programme hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The training was primarily held for the staff of the Market Regulation & Surveillance, Legal Advisory & Enforcement and Policy Research & Planning Divisions of the Commission.

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Rights of minority shareholders in FCIB share purchase

Following agreement between CIBC Investments (Cayman) Limited (“CICL”) and Barclays Bank plc (“Barclays Bank”) in June 2006 to acquire Barclays Bank’s 43.7% stake in FirstCaribbean International Bank (“FirstCaribbean”), CICL, Barclays Bank and FirstCaribbean agreed with all regional regulators acting in cooperation, that this transaction would be subject to the highest regulatory standards available in each of and all of the jurisdictions.

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