The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has proposed that securities brokers and futures brokers shall maintain minimum liquid capital and file monthly statements of net capital balance and liquid capital with the securities exchange or futures exchange and clearing house.
The SECP has issued SRO 1194(I)/2017 here on Friday to propose amendments to the Securities Brokers (Licensing and Operations) Regulations, 2016. According to the draft regulations, a securities broker and futures broker shall file monthly statements of net capital balance and liquid capital with the securities exchange or futures exchange, as applicable, and clearing house computed in a manner specified in Schedules II and III respectively, immediately after coming into force of these regulations, and shall also submit an audited statement of net capital balance on half yearly basis.
The securities broker and futures broker shall start maintaining minimum liquid capital as per such amounts and/or ratios and after such period of time as may be specified by the Commission and upon such specification by the Commission, the securities broker and futures broker shall be required to submit audited statement of liquid capital on half-yearly basis, and the requirement to maintain net capital balance, the requirement to submit monthly statements of net capital balance and the requirement to submit half yearly audited statements of net capital balance shall be discontinued.
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