Market Operations DivisionThe ongoing Corporate Briefings Program was launched by the CAD to provide a platform to listed companies toregularly interact with their stakeholders. During the year the following programs were organized:Name of CompanyDateDescon Chemicals Ltd./Descon Oxychem Ltd. 30-01-<strong>2012</strong>Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. 12-03-<strong>2012</strong>Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd. 27-03-<strong>2012</strong>Pak Elektron Ltd. 22-05-<strong>2012</strong>The department has actively participated in organizingthe 2nd edition of the IPO summit held in July <strong>2012</strong> by allthe capital market institutions in Pakistan (KSE, LSE,CDC, NCCPL and SAFE) under the chief patronage of theSecurities and <strong>Exchange</strong> Commission of Pakistan (SECP).The purpose of holding this event on a regular basis is toenable the companies considering listing on stockexchanges to learn about the pathways of managing asuccessful IPO and to provide complete understanding ofall fundamental IPO issues and challenges.The department is an active member of e-IPO Committeeformed by SECP. The Committee is formed to develop asystem for implementation of e-IPO. In addition, thedepartment also remained a part of the TechnicalCommittee formed by SECP to review existing listingregulations to make the listing process efficient and lesscumbersome and suggest measures to encourage listing.The department drafted 'Regulations Governing Listing ofDebt Securities' in consultation with SECP Furthercomments on other regulations namely 'The RegulationsGoverning Over the Counter (OTC) Debt Market' andchanges suggested by the Technical Committee inexisting regulations of the <strong>Exchange</strong> were provided. Thedepartment also provided its feedback on draft PublicSector Companies (Corporate Governance) Regulationsand a concept paper on e-voting developed by SECP.In order to reach out to listed companies and hear abouttheir experience of listing at the <strong>Exchange</strong>, a roundtable isbeing planned towards the end of the year. The mainpurpose of the roundtable is to get the feedback of listedcompanies on the listing services being offered by LSE.CompaniesName Reason of Delisting Delisting DateMy Bank Ltd.Azam Textile Mills Limited15 % Non Voting Cumulative PreferenceShares of Nishat (Chunian) Ltd.Open End FundsMerged with and into Summit Bank Ltd.(1:0.80)Merged with and into Saritow SpinningMills Ltd. (500:623.94)06-07-201121-02-<strong>2012</strong>Converted into ordinary shares 21-02-<strong>2012</strong>MCB Sarmaya Mehfooz Fund 1 Matured and fully redeemed 05-08-2011JS Principal Secure Fund II Matured and fully redeemed 19-09-2011Term Finance CertificatesIGI Investment Bank Ltd. Matured and fully redeemed 02-08-2011Worldcall Telecom Ltd. Matured and fully redeemed 03-01-<strong>2012</strong>ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12 49
Market Operations DivisionMARKET OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTThe role of Market Operations and DevelopmentDepartment remains central in the smooth functioning oftrading activities of the Brokers and operations of the<strong>Exchange</strong>. The primary responsibility of the departmentis to manage the risk and exposure associated activities inaccordance with the regulations of the <strong>Exchange</strong>. Theseactivities are managed through Pre-trade and Post-tradeRisk Management Systems. During the period underreview, the department has made a number ofdevelopments in the <strong>Lahore</strong> <strong>Stock</strong> System (LSS) andClearing House System (CHS) to facilitate the users of thesaid software. These developments include: provision ofnew forms and interfaces in post-trade risk managementsystem for rectification of erroneous trades, releasing ofshares, automation of bank invoices for collection ofcharges on transactions, settlement of off-market tradesthrough NCCPL, dissemination of member-wise BTB datain pre-trade and post-trade risk management system,interface for reporting of cash receipt by brokers over andabove Rs. 25,000/- from their clients, same dayavailability of UIN for trading, instant release of marginsagainst pre-settlement delivery, provision of utilization ofexcess margins from designated accounts in addition toHouse Account, short-selling under Ready Marketwithout up-tick under certain condition, etc.In addition, the department has actively worked on theconcept paper of New Broker Registration Regime. Thedepartment also played an active role in the process ofCorporatization and Demutualization of the <strong>Exchange</strong>.During the period under review, the LSE conducted 16meetings of the Trading Affairs Committee to address thevarious issues of the market participants related withtrading. A series of regulatory changes have beenproposed by the SECP and implemented in the systemaccordingly. Lists for margin eligible securities acceptableas collateral, Securities Eligible for Short-Selling underReady Market, Securities Eligible for Deliverable FuturesContract and Cash Settled Futures Contract have beenrevised for the period under review.In order to reduce trade confirmation related disputebetween broker and investors, the department is activelyworking on the project of sending SMS alert/email alertsfor trade confirmation to the clients on real time basis.Further, the facility of trade confirmation through webshall also be provided to the investors. The departmenthas also initiated the development for integration of CHSand CHA whereby the receipts and vouchers shall beautomatically generated at LSS and CHA by entering theexposure cheques in CHS only. This will significantlyreduce the manual working of the end users of the saidsystems. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) ofthe department are also being updating in line with theinstructions of the Management of the <strong>Exchange</strong>.In order to determine the exposure limits for capitaladequacy purpose, the department collects audited NetCapital Balance certificates bi-annually from the brokersof the <strong>Exchange</strong>. The minimum requirement forsubmission of NCB is Rs. 4 million. The current statisticsof NCB submitted by the Brokers are given hereunder:LSE Members Net Capital Balance (NCB) Slabfor June 30, <strong>2012</strong>NCB Slab Members % age4,000,000 NCB < 30,000,000 64 77%30,000,000 NCB < 60,000,000 11 13%60,000,000 NCB < 90,000,000 0 0%90,000,000 NCB < 120,000,000 5 6%NCB 120,000,000 3 4%Total Members 8350LAHORE STOCK EXCHANGE