Order re Bond trading rules
In the matter of the Amendment to the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Rules to include the Trinidad and Tobago Bond Trading Rules
In the matter of the Amendment to the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Rules to include the Trinidad and Tobago Bond Trading Rules
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (“the Exchange”) and the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (“CBTT”) are developing facilities for a secondary market trading platform, for the trading of bonds issued by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (“GORTT Bonds”) on the Horizon Trading Platform of the Exchange.
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited (“the Exchange”), under cover of letter dated August 16, 2007, filed with the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (“the Commission”) pursuant to section 40(1) of the Securities Industry Act, 1995 (“the Act”), a statement of substance and purpose in respect of proposed Government Bond Trading Rules (“the Rules”).
The Stock Exchange Government Bond Trading Rules have been developed in conjunction with the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) and the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited (the Exchange), in collaboration with the market actors, to support the proposed electronic trading of Bonds issued by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Horizon Trading Platform of the Exchange.