Category: Regulations

In the past few weeks, the FSMA has received new complaints from consumers who have been approached by companies offering wealth management and/or savings plans, most often with a guaranteed return. The FSMA warns consumers against these tempting offers, because often behind them are fraudsters who are not authorized to make such offers, the sole […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of the ‘company’ Actio-Conseil, which offers investment services without complying with Belgian financial legislation. This ‘company’ is not authorized to provide investment services in or from Belgium. Moreover, the offer made via that website shows numerous indications of fraud and seems to be similar to the […]

Jean-Paul Servais, chairman of the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), has been re‑elected vice chair of IOSCO, the international organization of financial markets supervisors. On 9 June 2020, the IOSCO Board re-elected Jean-Paul Servais as vice chair of the organization for a new two-year term. He has held this position since 2016. Last February, […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of the website named https://www.mazda-int.com/, which offers investment banking and/or services without complying with Belgian financial legislation. The persons operating the website named https://www.mazda-int.com/ are not authorized to provide such services in or from Belgium. Moreover, the offer made via that website […]

This news article is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch site.       *Royal Decree of 8 June 2020 containing specific measures aimed at extending certain regulatory deadlines for the professional knowledge requirements of compliance officers  and intermediaries in the financial and insurance sector, in order to address the consequences […]

Regulated Industries FCNB is responsible for the regulation and enforcement of securities, insurance, pensions, credit unions, trust and loan companies, co-operatives, mortgage brokers, pay day lenders, real estate and a wider range of other consumer legislation. We regulate 36,000 industry participants who make their living working with New Brunswickers’ money. These industry participants handle more […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has today published its 2019 annual report. On that occasion, the FSMA also provided explanations (available in Dutch and French only) of the impact of the coronavirus crisis on investment and pension funds, amongst others, and about the actions that it has taken in light of the crisis. The […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) launches a campaign today against online investment fraud. Partly due to the coronavirus crisis, the risk of encountering such fraud has increased. The campaign is conducted fully online and is intended to warn potential victims of offers that sound too good to be true. The FSMA is also […]

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Mithra Pharmaceuticals, ISIN BE0974283153 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 19/06/2020 at 09:00 CET. Source: FSMA

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Mithra Pharmaceuticals, ISIN BE0974283153, on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 18/06/2020 at 14:20 CET until the publication of a press release. Source: […]