SEC Committed to development of Exchanges says Gwarzo

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…………. while he insisted on a 3 months grace period

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo has restated the commission’s resolve to promote the development of Commodity Exchanges in the country.

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mounir Gwarzo


Speaking when he received the New Exco of the Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria(ASHON)  on  a courtesy  visit to the commission on Monday, Gwarzo said the commission was willing to support the Lagos Commodities & Futures Exchange being midwived ASHON.

On the suspension of some of their  members by the NSE & SEC on account of deficiency in Minimum Operating Standard (MOS) compliance as well as diminution in value of minimum capital requirement, the DG insisted on a three months grace period, aligning with their arguement that stock brokers carry equities in their balance sheet and prices of equities have gone down thus affecting their capital

While ASHON through its Chairman, Patrick Ezeagu had solicited for the possibility of increasing the grace period to 6 months to recapitalize or reclassify.

The Group also noted with concern the proposed amendment of Rule 56(1) – Function of Brokers(Harmonization of Registration requirement for incidental functions). The development will preclude brokers from providing Investment advice to their clients/Public.

ASHON, while acknowledging not knowing the thinking behind the proposed amendment, solicited for the reconsideration of the proposal. The call is based on the backdrop of the so called value addition provided by brokers/ dealers in providing investment advice to their clients. They argued that a lot of stock broking houses had well established research desks that not only help to broadcast market information on a continous basis but also carry out indepth analysis and provide opinions to complex financial issues to their clients.

The Association also expressed their dismay on the Federal  Government’s sole reliance and emphasis on monetary policy for macroeconomic management to the detriment of the capital market. The association accepted to look at the Investment and Securities Tribunal funding proposal being championed by SEC and NSE.


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