Category: Regulations

This press release is not available in English, please consult the French or Dutch site. Source: FSMA

For its sixth edition, Money Week will resolutely take a digital turn. Today, Queen Mathilde has held a video chat with schoolchildren who were playing a budget game in class.  During Money Week, the Prime Minister and several federal government Ministers will teach an online class on a financial topic. Students will have a chance […]

Montreal and Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published amendments that implement eight initiatives to reduce regulatory burden for investment funds. The changes eliminate duplicative requirements, streamline regulatory approvals and processes, and codify frequently granted exemptions from certain requirements.  “These initiatives are wide-ranging and will result in cost and time savings to investment […]

Montreal – The Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) annual investor education activity report showcases securities regulators’ ongoing efforts to encourage Canadians to seek out reliable, unbiased information and make informed decisions when investing.    Providing investors with tools and resources to research new investments and avoid investment fraud are key topics covered in the CSA’s Investor […]

In the past, intermediaries and credit providers were required to enter each individual continuing education credit in the CABRIO online application. This coding requirement applied to everyone subject to the obligation to engage in continuing education. As previously announced, the FSMA has simplified this practice considerably. From now on, continuing education credits no longer have […]

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) is submitting to the judicial authorities a dossier relating to transactions between Keyware Technologies and companies related to its CEO, Big Friend NV, represented by Stéphane Vandervelde. The FSMA has learned of the findings of the forensic audit, conducted at the request of the board of directors of […]

During recent weeks, the FSMA has continued to receive notifications from consumers who have been approached by companies usurping the names of certain banks to present them with savings plans offering extremely high yields. The FSMA reiterates its warning against this practice, because behind these tantalizing offers are fraudsters whose sole aim is to steal […]

The FSMA has published FAQs (available in French or Dutch only) about advertisements for investment instruments when they are offered to the public, admitted to trading and distributed to retail clients. The FSMA held open consultations for these FAQs at the end of 2020. Advertisements for investment instruments in conjunction with these operations must meet […]

The FSMA has published Communication FSMA_2021_08 on the Guidelines of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on the disclosure requirements under the Prospectus Regulation and on their implementation by the FSMA (communication available in French or Dutch only, ESMA Guidelines available in English). 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 Miko, ISIN BE0003731453, on Euronext Brussels is reopened from 31/03/2021 at 16:30 CET following the publication of a press release. Source: FSMA