Puda Coal, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading, 53164-53165 [2011-21777]

Download as PDF srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 53164 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 165 / Thursday, August 25, 2011 / Notices SVF must be managed according to the immunization guidelines, which typically require the liquidation of all securities rated below AAA and in certain cases may require the portfolio to be invested 100% in Treasury securities. What risks, if any, do ‘‘immunization’’ provisions in SVCs pose to investors in SVFs? If immunization provisions in SVCs pose risks to investors in SVFs, are these risks clearly disclosed to investors? Are these risks required to be disclosed to investors? What are the sources of such requirements? How do SVF managers or SVC providers address the risk that immunization will be exercised? How effective are any such measures? 14. The Commissions’ staffs understand that some SVCs grant SVC providers the right to limit coverage of employer-driven events or employee benefit plan changes. Such events or changes could cause a decrease in a SVF’s value and result in large scale investor withdrawals or redemptions (sometimes called a ‘‘run on the fund’’). How do SVC providers and SVF managers manage this risk, if at all? How effective are any such measures? 15. The Commissions’ staffs understand that SVF managers infuse capital into their funds in certain instances. Please describe the circumstances under which an SVF fund manager would provide such capital support for its fund. 16. The Commissions’ staffs understand that ‘‘pull to par’’ provisions of SVCs provide that SVCs will not terminate (absent the application of another contract termination provision) until the gap between the market value of the wrapped assets and the SVC book value is closed, however long that takes. The Commissions’ staffs also understand that pull to par provisions are standard for SVCs. Are these understandings correct? Please describe pull to par provisions and how prevalent such provisions are in SVCs. 17. How have SVFs and SVCs been affected by the recent financial crisis? How many SVC providers are in the market today? Is the number of SVC providers higher or lower than prior to the financial crisis that began in 2008? Are fees now higher or lower than prior to the financial crisis? 18. Do investors have incentives to make a run on a SVF when its marketto-book ratio is substantially below one? What protections, if any, do SVCs provide to protect fund investors who do not redeem their fund shares amid a run on the fund? How effective are any such protections? 19. How do market risk measures assess the risk of a run on a SVF? To the VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:39 Aug 24, 2011 Jkt 223001 extent that SVC providers use value-atrisk (‘‘VaR’’) models, do such VaR models adequately assess the risk of loss resulting from such events or other possible but extremely unlikely events? Do other loss models more adequately assess the risk of loss, such as the expected value of a loss or the expected value given a loss, which employs the entire loss probability distribution without excluding events in the extreme tail of the loss distribution? 20. Are certain SVC providers more likely, as a result of credit cyclicality, to become financially distressed? If so, is such financial distress likely to occur concurrently with financial distress of SVFs? If so, can the risk of such concurrent financial distress be mitigated? How effective are any such measures? 21. Do SVC providers pose systemic risk concerns? Are there concerns with entities that may be systemically important institutions providing SVCs? What are the consequences for SVFs, employee benefit/retirement plans, and the financial system should an SVC provider fail? 22. Are there issues specific to financial institutions providing SVCs, including institutions that are systemically significant, that the Commissions should consider in connection with the SVC study? If so, please describe. Regulatory Issues 23. What disclosures to benefit plan investors in SVFs currently are required, and what are the sources of such requirements? What additional disclosure typically is provided, either voluntarily or on request? What additional disclosure, if any, would be warranted and why would it be warranted? Please explain in detail. 24. What financial and regulatory protections currently exist that are designed to ensure that SVC providers can meet their obligations to investors, and what are the sources of such protections? Does the level of protection vary depending on the SVC provider? How effective are any such measures? 25. Currently, do entities other than state-regulated insurance companies and federally- or state-regulated banks provide SVCs? If so, what kinds of entities do so and how are they regulated? If not, are there any barriers to the provision of SVCs by entities other than state-regulated insurance companies and federally- or stateregulated banks? 26. What role do SVF managers play in protecting the interests of plan participants with respect to SVFs? How effective are any such measures? PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Compliance Issues if the Commissions Were To Determine SVCs Were Swaps 27. If the Commissions were to determine that SVCs fall within the definition of a swap and should not be exempted from such definition, should the regulatory regime for SVCs be limited or tailored in any way? If so, how? Please explain in detail. Should any of the requirements for capital and margin for SVCs differ from those for swaps that are not SVCs? Why or why not? If the requirements for capital and margin should differ, please explain in detail what those differences should be. 28. If the Commissions were to determine that SVCs fall within the definition of a swap and should not be exempted from such definition, would the requirements of any regulatory regime for swaps impact fee structures or fees charged by SVC providers? Please describe (quantitatively, if possible) the relationship of any new federal regulation under the Dodd-Frank Act to possible changes in fee structures or fees, to the extent feasible, and state any assumptions used in quantifying such relationship. 29. If the Commissions were to determine that SVCs fall within the definition of a swap and should not be exempted from such definition, would this decision influence the availability of SVFs to investors? Would this designation affect existing SVFs and the ability of SVFs to purchase SVCs? If so, how and why? Dated: August 18, 2011. By the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. David A. Stawick, Secretary. Dated: August 18, 2011. By the Securities and Exchange Commission. Elizabeth M. 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Puda is quoted on the OTC Pink Market operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc. under the symbol PUDA. The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the securities of the company listed above. Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the securities of the companies listed above is suspended for the period from 5:30 p.m. EDT, August 19, 2011, through 11:59 p.m. EDT, on September 1, 2011. By the Commission. Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary. 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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53164-53165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21777]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[File No. 500-1]


Puda Coal, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading

August 19, 2011.
    It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is 
a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of 
Puda Coal, Inc. (``Puda'') because (1) Puda's auditors resigned on July 
7, 2011 and stated that further reliance should no

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longer be placed on its previously issued audit reports dated March 31, 
2010 and March 16, 2011; and (2) the Audit Committee of Puda's Board of 
Directors has announced that it has preliminarily concluded that 
evidence supports the allegation that there were transfers by Puda's 
Chairman in subsidiary ownership that were inconsistent with disclosure 
made by the Company in its public securities filings. Puda is quoted on 
the OTC Pink Market operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc. under the 
symbol PUDA.
    The Commission is of the opinion that the public interest and the 
protection of investors require a suspension of trading in the 
securities of the company listed above.
    Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that trading in the securities of the 
companies listed above is suspended for the period from 5:30 p.m. EDT, 
August 19, 2011, through 11:59 p.m. EDT, on September 1, 2011.

    By the Commission.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-21777 Filed 8-22-11; 4:15 pm]
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