Currency Derivatives Segment

Membership Department

 
Circular No.: MCX-SX/MEM/123/2009  

May 21, 2009

 

                                                             NISM Certification in Currency Derivatives

 

In terms of the provisions of Rules, Bye-Laws and Regulations of the MCX Stock Exchange Ltd. (Exchange), the Members of the Exchange are notified as under.

 

SEBI vide notification no.LAD/NRO/GN/2009-10/04/163097 dated May 13, 2009 has approved the Series-I: CD (Currency Derivatives Certification Examination), specified by National Institute of Securities Markets (vide notification no. NISM/Certification/Series-I: CD/2009/1 dated May 11, 2009), as the required certification for approved users and sales personnel of trading members of the Currency Derivatives Segment of recognized stock exchanges for the purpose of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 16L of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations, 1992.

 

SEBI has also stipulated that:-

-          a trading member of the Currency Derivatives Segment of a recognized stock exchange shall ensure that all its approved users and sales personnel obtain Series-I: CD certification, as specified above, by 10th August, 2009

-          from the date of notification, a trading member of the Currency Derivatives Segment of a recognized stock exchange shall not engage or employ any approved user or sales personnel who does not have valid Series-I: CD certification.

 

Copies of the said notifications are attached for the ready reference of all members.

 

Members are advised to take note of the above and comply with the requirement. 

 

 

Deepa  S. Aiyar

Manager

 

Annexures:

SEBI notification No. LAD/NRO/GN/2009-10/04/163097 dated May 13, 2009

NISM notification No. NISM/Certification/Series-I: CD/2009/1 dated May 11, 2009.

 

 

For any clarifications contact Mr. Ketan Redkar on 022-67318923 or Ms. Yugandhara Patil on 022-67318921 or send an email to customerservice@mcx-sx.com.

 

 

SEBI notification No. LAD/NRO/GN/2009-10/04/163097 dated May 13, 2009

 

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA

EXTRAORDINARY

PART-III-SECTION 4

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

NEW DELHI, MAY 13, 2009

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA

NOTIFICATION

 

Mumbai, the 13th  May, 2009

 

Notification under regulation 3 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Certification of Associated Persons in the Securities Markets) Regulations, 2007 No. LAD/NRO/GN/2009-10/04/163097

 

WHEREAS the National Institute of Securities Markets (hereinafter referred to as NISM) has specified vide notification no. NISM/Certification/NISM Series-I: CD/2009/1 dated 11th May, 2009, in consultation with Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter referred to as Board), “Series-I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination”(hereinafter referred to as Series-I: CD) for approved users and sales personnel of the trading members of the Currency Derivatives Segment of a recognized stock exchange under regulation 7 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India(Certification of Associated Persons in the Securities Markets) Regulations, 2007.

 

NOW THEREFORE the Board approves the Series-I: CD, as specified by NISM vide

afore said notification, as the required certification for approved users and sales personnel of trading members of the Currency Derivatives Segment of recognized stock exchanges for the purpose of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 16L of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers) Regulations,1992.

 

NOW THEREFORE a trading member of the Currency Derivatives Segment of a recognized stock exchange shall ensure that all its approved users and sales personnel obtain Series-I: CD certification, as specified above, by 10th August, 2009.

FURTHER from the date of this notification a trading member of the Currency Derivatives Segment of a recognized stock exchange shall not engage or employ any approved user or sales personnel who does not have valid Series-I: CD certification.

 

 

C. B. BHAVE

CHAIRMAN

 

 

 

 

National Institute of Securities Markets

Notification

NISM-Series-I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination

NISM/Certification/Series-I: CD/2009/1 dated May 11, 2009

NISM-Series-I: CD Examination

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-regulation (3) of regulation (7) of SEBI (Certification of Associated Persons in Securities Markets) Regulations 2007, National Institute of Securities Markets in consultation with the Securities and Exchange Board of India hereby notifies that passing the NISM-Series-I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination is the requisite standard for the approved users and sales personnel of trading members of currency derivatives segments of recognized   exchanges.

The NISM-Series-I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination is offered by NISM. The examination is available to the candidates from May 15, 2009.

Details of this Examination are given in Annexure-I and Annexure-II attached to this notification. The text of these Annexures and the registration details may be found in www.nism.ac.in.

G.Sethu
Officer on Special Duty

National Institute of Securities Markets

Copy to:

1. Executive Director, MIRSD, SEBI

2. Executive Director, LAD, SEBI

3. Executive Director, DNPD, SEBI

4. CEO, BSE

5. CEO, MCX-SX

6. CEO, NSE


Enclosures: Annexure I and II.

 

 

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