Proposed Amendments to Securities Act 2012
This document contains proposed amendments to the Securities Act 2012.
This document contains proposed amendments to the Securities Act 2012.
TTSEC Proposed Amendments to Securities Act
The Securities Bill 2012 was introduced on Wednesday November 7 2012 and seeks to protect investors from unfair and improper practices, foster fair and efficient capital markets, promote confidence in the securities industry and reduce systemic risk.
The Commission would like to thank everyone who submitted feedback or attended the Public consultations on the Draft Securities Bill. The revised draft legislation is attached.
Comments on the Draft Securities Bill 2012 can be sent to SIB2012@ttsec.org.tt by June 8th 2012. Public consultations will be at the Yara Auditorium ALJGSB on June 12th (8.30 -11.00 am) and Mt Irvine Bay Hotel Tobago on June 13th ( 4.00-6.00 pm).
The Securities Bill 2010 seeks to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices; foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets in Trinidad and Tobago and to reduce systemic risk; to co-operate with other jurisdictions in the development of fair and efficient capital markets; and for other related matters
The Securities Bill 2009 seeks to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices; foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets in Trinidad and Tobago and to reduce systemic risk; to co-operate with other jurisdictions in the development of fair and efficient capital markets; and for other related matters
The purpose of these guidelines is assist persons connected to reporting issuers (“Insiders”) in reporting their ownership of and transactions in securities of issuers of which they are Insiders.
The guidelines strive to clarify the reporting obligations of Insiders and to promote consistency in filings to ensure that Insiders properly disclose their trading activities. The directions contained here are guidelines only, and do not necessarily represent the only way that such trading may be reported.
This Act may be cited as the Securities Act 2007
This Act may be cited as the Securities Act, 2007. The purposes of this Act are – (a) to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices; (b) to foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets in Trinidad and Tobago and to reduce systemic risk; and (c) to co-operate with other jurisdictions in the development of fair and efficient capital markets. This Act comes into operation on a date to be fixed by the President by Proclamation.