DOHA: Qatar Central Securities Depository (QCSD) has registered treasury bills (T-Bills) issued by Qatar Central Bank (QCB) for the third quarter of 2018 in its systems.
T-Bills were registered with a date of issue on September 4, including three-month T-Bills with the value of QR175m and a total number of 17,500 T-Bills, QNA reported.
It also included six-month treasury T-Bills issued with the value of QR150m. The total number of T-Bills issued was 15,000 and a maturity date of March 5, 2019.
The QCSD has registered bonds issued by QCB for the third quarter of 2018 in its systems. Bonds were registered with a date of issue on September 2, including three-month bonds with the value of QR2bn and QR450m, and a maturity date of September 2, 2021.
It also included five-month bonds issued with the value of QR2bn and QR800m. The total number of bonds issued was 280,000 and a maturity date of September 2, 2023.
The QCSD amended the foreign ownership percentage in the shares of Widam Food Company to become 49 percent of the company’s capital, equivalent to 8,820,000 shares.
This came in the monthly report issued by QCSD for September, featuring its main procedures during the month, which included custody, recording, management, acquisition, clearing and settlement of securities and derivatives and other financial instruments; the provision of related financial services; the transfer of ownership of executed contracts through trading and remittances; in addition to the implementation of all bookings and decommissioning and foreclosure operations at the request of the relevant parties.
QCSD also updated a number of shareholders’ statements and added new shareholders.
In its monthly report, Qatar Central Securities Depository (QCSD) provided figures and statistics illustrating the main activities carried out during September.
In ownership transfer of the third market, the QCSD conducted 230 family transfers, compared to 114 in August, a change of 101.75 percent.
The company also conducted 247 inheritance transfers in September, compared to 594 in August, a decreasing by 58.42 percent. In addition, 16 exception transfers were made in September, compared to one in August, a change of 1.500.00 percent.
In September, 2018, 57 foreclosure operations were registered, compared to 58 operations in August, down by 1.72 percent. QCSD also registered 224 decommissioning operations in September, compared to 146 in the previous month, down 53.42 percent.
In addition, 127 account openings for new shareholders were registered in September, compared to 56 in August. 5,822 account statements were issued in September, compared to 4,267 statements in August, a change of 36.44 percent; 715 attestations were issued in September, compared to 347 in August, a change of 106.05 percent.
The report also included the number of defined shareholders according to nationalities (Qatari and non-Qatari) and the type of shareholder (individuals and institutions). The number of Qatari individual shareholders in September reached 279,590, compared to 279, 548 in August, a change of 0.015 percent.
The number of Qatari shareholding institutions in September reached 3802 shareholders, compared to 3804 in August, a change of 0.05 percent.
The number of non-Qatari individual shareholders in September reached 668,410, compared to 668,396 in August, a change of 0.002, while the number of non-Qatari shareholding institutions reached 4081in September, compared to 4062 in August, a change of 0.47 percent. An advanced system for electronic messaging and archiving was launched within the framework of QCSD’s strategy to transform the work environment into a paperless environment in line with Qatar National Vision 2030 to achieve a sustainable environment.
