The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun close monitoring and supervision of capital market operators in a bid to ensure that investors' interests are not violated, misused or mismanaged in any form.
It has also enjoined investors to make use of the Commission’s Complaints Management Framework (CMF) in expressing their reservations, if any, in the capital market.
In an interview in Abuja at the weekend, the SEC acting Director-General, Ms. Mary Uduk said the aim of the CMF was to address the complaints of market investors.
The initiative, she stated, is not only to help investors lay their complaints through the right channel but also assist the regulator in addressing issues in the shortest time possible.
She said: "Before this framework people complained to many offices, some go to EFCC, some go to the police, some go to any person that they think even thugs, to come and get their investment back but then, it was not yielding fruit and it was dragging the regulator on many fronts, we, therefore, saw the need to change our strategy and come up with a more robust framework.
“Our current complaints management framework will guide investors and ultimately protect their investments in the market. If you have a question about the capital market, you know where to go to."
Uduk said as a step further, the SEC also now closely monitors and supervises the capital market operators so that the investment of investors are not violated, misused or mismanaged in any way.
“We have now set up a framework where we now monitor them more regularly. We also have other initiatives arising from our 10-year master plan, which is to protect investors and bring confidence in the market such as the e-dividend mandate.
'When people invest in the Capital Market they expect returns, they expect to make money. So one of it is to be able to protect your dividend and get your dividend as at when due," Uduk added.
She also listed the multiple subscriptions, National Investors Protection Fund that protect investors arising from problems that capital market Operators go through other than those of them that are brokers, as brokers are covered by the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE).
“In the past, people subscribe for shares and bond in many different names. Some as many as 5, 6 different names and because of that they are not able to get the benefit of investing in the Capital Market. For instance if you have a bank account, a bank account recognizes only one name with only one BVN and therefore.
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