Category: Regulations

Regulated companies provide investment services to a range of clients. In some cases, ownership is split between usufruct and bare ownership. Often both the usufructuary and the bare owner are clients. For the application of the rules of conduct, this poses a number of challenges. Who benefits from the investment service: the usufructuary or the […]

During the last weeks, the FSMA continued to receive complaints from consumers concerning new fraudulent online trading platforms that are operating in the Belgian market. To help understand how this type of fraud works, the FSMA has produced an animated film as well as a video with the testimony of a victim (available in French […]

This press release is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch page. 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 Nyxoah, ISIN BE0974358906, on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 02/07/2021 at 16:30 CET. Source: FSMA

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of the website named www.franco-suedoise-investissement.fr, which offers investment services without complying with Belgian financial legislation. The Franco-suedoise-investissement.fr website is not authorized to provide investment services in or from Belgium. Moreover, the offers made via that website show numerous indications of fraud and […]

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

In the light of the coronavirus crisis, the government has drawn up a number of special measures concerning supplementary pensions. These measures have been extended until 30 September 2021. You can find all the relevant information on this matter in the following FAQ section (available in Dutch and in French only). 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 Emakina Group, ISIN BE0003843605 , on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 04/08/2021 at 16:30 CET until the publication of a press release. […]

This press release is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch page. Source: FSMA

The Chairman of the FSMA, Jean-Paul Servais, has been appointed by IOSCO, the world organization of financial market regulators, to chair the network within IOSCO on SPACs. A SPAC or Special Purpose Acquisition Company is a listed vehicle without assets that seeks to merge with an unlisted company – allowing the latter to go public. […]