LAIL was put into a members' voluntary solvent liquidation on 21st September 2009, with Stephen John Akers and Gareth Rutt Morris of Grant Thornton UK LLP acting as the liquidators.
The liquidators have advised the DFSA that they intend to withdraw SAAD's DFSA licence. SAAD is a prudential category 4 Authorised Firm and cannot hold Client Money. The Firm currently has no Clients other than other SAAD group entities.
The firm is currently subject to conditions and restrictions under Article 49 (1) (a) of the DFSA's administered Regulatory Law 2004 which limits the types of transactions it may enter into.
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) advises that LA Investments Limited (LAIL) has been placed into liquidation in the UK, LAIL is the parent company of SAAD Financial Advisory Services Limited (SAAD), which is a DFSA regulated firm.
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the independent regulator of financial and ancillary services conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a purpose-built financial free-zone in Dubai. The DFSA's regulatory mandate covers asset management, banking and credit services, securities, collective investment funds, custody and trust services, commodities futures trading, Islamic finance, insurance, an international equities exchange and an international commodities derivatives exchange.
Paul M Koster is the Chief Executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Mr Koster's priorities as Chief Executive include enhancing the DFSA's standing as an internationally respected regulator; building capability, particularly in relation to developing regulatory skills in the UAE; and further developing the DFSA's approach to risk-based regulation
Prior to becoming Chief Executive, he was Commissioner and Member of the Executive Board of the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets), the national, integrated conduct of business financial services regulator for the Netherlands where he was identified as one of the four leaders shaping the conscience of Dutch business. Mr Koster joined the AFM in March 2001 and in addition to his duties as a Commissioner he chaired, from May 2006 until December 2007, CESR-Fin, the permanent working party of the Committee of European Securities Regulators that co-ordinates the endorsement and enforcement of financial reporting standards in Europe. For the previous two years he had chaired CESR's Subcommittee on International Standards Endorsement. During his time with the AFM, he was also a member of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Chairs' Committee and, as Chief Executive of the DFSA, he remains actively involved in the work of IOSCO.
Mr Koster previously served as Executive Vice President (Corporate Internal Audit) at Royal Philips Electronics (1998-2001); as Managing Partner Corporate Finance, Coopers & Lybrand (1988-1998); and as Chief Compliance Officer and Acting Commissioner of Quotations, Amsterdam Stock Exchange (1986-1988); and carried out a number of senior finance functions in his earlier career, having trained as an accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Mr Koster is a licensed Register (Chartered) Accountant having qualified through the Royal Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1977 and been certified RA in 1983.
In May 2009 Mr Koster joined the Advisory Board of Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the UAE's federal securities regulator, and in July 2009 he was appointed to the Consultative Advisory Groups of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA).
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Angharad Irving - Jones
Manager, External Communications
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Level 13, The Gate
Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 (0)4 362 1661
Fax: +971 (0)4 362 0801
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the independent regulator of financial and ancillary services conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a purpose-built financial free-zone in Dubai. The DFSA's regulatory mandate covers asset management, banking and credit services, securities, collective investment funds, custody and trust services, commodities futures trading, Islamic finance, insurance, an international equities exchange and an international commodities derivatives exchange.
Paul M Koster is the Chief Executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Mr Koster's priorities as Chief Executive include enhancing the DFSA's standing as an internationally respected regulator; building capability, particularly in relation to developing regulatory skills in the UAE; and further developing the DFSA's approach to risk-based regulation
Prior to becoming Chief Executive, he was Commissioner and Member of the Executive Board of the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets), the national, integrated conduct of business financial services regulator for the Netherlands where he was identified as one of the four leaders shaping the conscience of Dutch business. Mr Koster joined the AFM in March 2001 and in addition to his duties as a Commissioner he chaired, from May 2006 until December 2007, CESR-Fin, the permanent working party of the Committee of European Securities Regulators that co-ordinates the endorsement and enforcement of financial reporting standards in Europe. For the previous two years he had chaired CESR's Subcommittee on International Standards Endorsement. During his time with the AFM, he was also a member of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Chairs' Committee and, as Chief Executive of the DFSA, he remains actively involved in the work of IOSCO.
Mr Koster previously served as Executive Vice President (Corporate Internal Audit) at Royal Philips Electronics (1998-2001); as Managing Partner Corporate Finance, Coopers & Lybrand (1988-1998); and as Chief Compliance Officer and Acting Commissioner of Quotations, Amsterdam Stock Exchange (1986-1988); and carried out a number of senior finance functions in his earlier career, having trained as an accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Mr Koster is a licensed Register (Chartered) Accountant having qualified through the Royal Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1977 and been certified RA in 1983.
In May 2009 Mr Koster joined the Advisory Board of Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the UAE's federal securities regulator, and in July 2009 he was appointed to the Consultative Advisory Groups of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA).
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Angharad Irving - Jones
Manager, External Communications
Dubai Financial Services Authority
Level 13, The Gate
Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 (0)4 362 1661
Fax: +971 (0)4 362 0801
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