ISLAMABAD, December 18: The Securities and Exchange Commission of
Pakistan (SECP) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further enhance
regulatory cooperation and information sharing between the two
regulatory agencies.
The MOU was signed in the backdrop of evolving globally integrated
financial markets, necessitating for regulatory agencies of capital
markets to develop cooperative linkages to ensure information sharing
for enforcement of securities laws and facilitate detection and combat
cross-border violations. The SECP has been promoting bilateral
co-operation with counterpart regulatory authorities of the capital
market at the bilateral, regional and international level. The SECP
has already established co-operative arrangements through MOUs with
the regulatory agencies of India, the Maldives, Australia, Bhutan, Sri
Lanka and Iran.
The MOU was signed in the presence of Prime Ministers Wen Jiabao and
Yousaf Raza Gillani on Friday. Mr Tahir Mahmood, the SECP
Commissioner, signed the MOU on behalf of the SECP while Mr Liu Jian,
the Chinese Ambassador, inked it on behalf of the CSRC.
The MOU provides parameters of co-operation and consultation, seeking
to enforce and ensure compliance with respective laws and regulations
in both countries. The document reiterated the commitment of the
securities regulators to work together in ensuring that securities and
futures markets in Pakistan and China are fair, transparent, efficient
and regulate to world class standards.
“The MOU is aimed at supporting the national economy and minimizing
the risk that is usually involved in financial market transactions,"
Mr Tahir Mahmood said. Describing the MOU as a significant milestone
in the development of the capital markets of Pakistan and China, he
added that "increasingly expanding securities markets today require
cooperation among the regulatory bodies of the capital markets at the
international level for adequate protection of investor rights and the
MOU is a step towards building a strong cooperative arrangement
between the SECP and the CSRC.”
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