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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
The FSMA is again warning the Belgian public against recovery room fraud. Recovery room fraud is a practice whereby fraudsters offer to help victims of investment fraud to obtain compensation for their losses or to recover their lost assets. This may, for example, take the form of offering to buy the victims’ worthless shares or […]
The FSMA warns the public against various companies in Belgium that are offering so-called ‘Expert Advisors’ or ‘EAs’ used to trade in CFDs, forex and crypto-derivatives. An Expert Advisor is a type of software that tells you when to make certain trades or even carries them out for you automatically, based on preprogrammed parameters. The […]
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 Zenitel, ISIN BE0974311434, on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 23/04/2021 at 14:09 CET until the publication of a press release. […]
This press release is not available in English. Please consult the French or Dutch site. Source: FSMA
The FSMA warns the public against various companies that are selling training in Belgium intended to teach people to trade in complex financial instruments such as forex derivatives. Anyone who signs up for such training, is given access to instructional videos, webinars and live chat sessions with all sorts of information about how the forex […]
