Qatar Financial Markets Authority Board Decision No. 3/2016

Concerning the Amendment of Some Provisions of Qatar Financial Markets Authority Board Decision No. 6/2014 Issuing Margin Trading Rules

The Board of Directors,

Having considered Qatar Law No. 8/2012 of Qatar Financial Markets Authority;

Qatar Financial Markets Authority Board Decision No. 6/2014 concerning the Issuance of Margin Trading Rules;

Proposal of the QFMA's Chief Executive Officer;

And the QFMA's Board approval at its 2nd meeting of 2016 on 27th of June 2016,

We have decided the following:

Article 1

The definition of Margin Trading set out in Article (1) of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority Board Decision No. 6/2014 mentioned above shall be replaced with the following:

Margin Trading: A transaction(s), whereby a Financial Services Company pays a percentage of the securities' market value purchased for its client pursuant to the Agreement governing the relation between them.

Article 2