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Investor Awareness: Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan organizes a day-long seminar

Islamabad, October 24, 2016 (PPI-OT):The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan under its initiative of educating potential investors organized a day-long seminar for the trainees and employees of EY Ford Rhodes at Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, Lahore. During the event experienced professionals of the financial markets as well as students shared their valuable ...

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Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan registers 481 companies in September 2016

Islamabad, October 24, 2016 (PPI-OT):The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 481 new companies during the month of September 2016. Around 87 percent companies have been registered as private limited companies, while around 11 percent companies were registered as single member companies. Three percent of the companies were registered as public unlisted, association’s ...

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Drastic measures by Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to ease corporate sector

Islamabad, October 21, 2016 (PPI-OT):The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), in order to facilitate registration of companies, has been introducing various facilitative measures from time to time. SECP has made drastic reductions in registration fee for small companies and filing fee of companies with small capital base, SECP provides complimentary certified true copy ...

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Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan arranges Interactive Session to address problems of non-bank micro finance companies

Islamabad, October 21, 2016 (PPI-OT):Over the last one year, SECP has undertaken a thorough revamping of the regulatory framework for non-bank micro finance companies (NBMFCs). Various measures have been taken with the specific objectives of improving ease of doing business by NBMFCs which includes reduction in fees, exemption of ancillary operators from requirements of certain ...

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Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan approves first license under new Private Funds Regulations

Islamabad, October 19, 2016 (PPI-OT):The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved first ever application filed by an NBFC under newly promulgated Private Funds Regulations, 2015, to undertake private equity and venture capital fund management services. The license will allow the NBFC to launch private equity and venture capital funds (PE and VC ...

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Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan urges for increasing retail penetration of mutual funds

Islamabad, October 05, 2016 (PPI-OT):The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has impressed upon the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP) to focus on increasing the retail penetration of mutual funds. In a meeting with the MUFAP representatives, the SECP chairman, Zafar Hijazi, pointed out that participation of retail investors in the mutual funds ...

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