
ECSRC Completes Its First Year of Operation
Basseterre, St Kitts, October 17, 2002 Mr Crispin Sorhaindo, Chairman of the Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission, says he is satisfied with the progress made by the Commission in its first year of operation. According to Mr Sorhaindo, the Commission has already licenced six broker dealers and is currently assisting four potential broker dealers to finalise their applications. Forty-three persons have successfully completed the ECSM Certification Workshop and Examinations, twenty-four of whom are licenced as principals and representatives in the ECSM. The Commission has also registered twenty-nine public companies, which will shortly begin reporting formally to the Commission on an annual and semi-annual basis.