Category: Regulations

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of Belgius Capital, a company that offers investment services. Belgius Capital is not an authorized investment firm in Belgium. It is therefore not allowed to provide investment services in or from Belgium. Moreover, according to the information available to the FSMA, the […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against several companies engaging in unauthorized activities on the Belgian market. The companies are the following: Belgius Capital (www.belgius.com) Brock Holdings (https://brockholdings.com/) Cortez Capital (http://cortezcap-hk.com/) Greenbridge International (https://www.greenbridgeinternational.com) Hepburn Investment (www.hepburninvestment.com) Kasimayari Group (www.kasimayari.com) Okuras Global Capital (www.okuras-global.capital) The above companies are not authorized to […]

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 Argenx SE, ISIN NL0010832176, on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 02-02-2021 at 09:00 CET until the publication of a press release. Source: […]

The FSMA has recently received numerous complaints from consumers who have been approached by companies usurping the names of certain banks to present them with savings plans offering extremely high yields. Behind these tantalizing offers, however, are fraudsters whose sole aim is to steal your savings. The principle always remains the same: victims are contacted […]

The Chairman of the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), Mr Jean-Paul Servais, has been appointed by IOSCO as Co-Chair of the Monitoring Group. As the Vice-Chair of the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the Chairman of the FSMA, Jean-Paul Servais, also chairs the Monitoring Board of the IFRS Foundation. He […]

Regulated companies (hereafter, ‘companies’) that provide investment advice must first give their retail clients a suitability statement, in which they set out what their advice consists of and explain why it is suited to the client. The suitability statement is mandatory, even where the advice does not lead to a transaction. The FSMA has noted […]

The Commission has conducted an analysis of the FSMA’s research into the funding of defined benefit pension plans as well as of its feedback statement. The Commission agrees with the recommendations of the FSMA, and in particular with the recommendation to use sufficiently prudent methods of financing. In addition, it emphasises the importance of transparency […]

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 Asit Biotech, ISIN BE0974289218, on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 03/02/2021 at 09:00 CET until the publication of a press release. Source: […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of Kasimayari Group, a company that offers investment services. Kasimayari Group is not an authorized investment firm in Belgium. It is therefore not allowed to provide investment services in or from Belgium. Moreover, according to the information available to the FSMA, the […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of Hepburn Investment, a company that offers investment services. Hepburn Investment is not an authorized investment firm in Belgium. It is therefore not allowed to provide investment services in or from Belgium. Moreover, according to the information available to the FSMA, the […]