Tag: fsma

Jan 07
More than 800,000 Belgians invest on the stock market

During the past three years, 830,000 Belgians traded on the stock market. That number is now on the rise: in the first three months of 2021, the number of unique investors had more than doubled relative to the first quarter of 2019. The number of new investors at the beginning of 2021 was 50% higher […]

Jan 07
Opinion on SPACs

The FSMA has published an opinion about minimum standards for SPACs. The position taken by the FSMA on this question was presented to the sector during a public consultation that ended on 31 May 2021. Read the opinion of the FSMA here Source: FSMA

Jan 07
Press release on the reopening of trading in Hamon

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 Hamon, ISIN BE0974352842, on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 21/6/2021 at 09:00 CET. Source: FSMA

Jan 07
The FSMA expects the sector to improve the quality of the key information documents provided to retail investors

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has examined the key information documents made available to Belgian retail clients who buy insurance-based investment products or structured products. The aim was to determine whether these documents are of sufficiently high quality to enable clients to understand clearly the features of these products. As a result of […]

Jan 07
Belgian investment funds evolve toward sustainability

A little more than half of all Belgian public funds consist of sustainable assets or invest sustainably. These are the findings of a study conducted by the FSMA on the occasion of the introduction of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The European Regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, better known as […]

Jan 06
IOSCO report on Sustainability-related Issuer Disclosures

IOSCO elaborates on its vision and expectations for the IFRS Foundation’s work towards a global baseline of investor-focussed sustainability standards. The aim is to improve the global consistency, comparability and reliability of sustainability reporting and to support investors’ evolving informational needs. The chairman of the FSMA, Jean-Paul Servais, is closely involved in these discussions as […]

Jan 06
Press release on the reopening of trading in Nyxoah

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 25/06/2021 at 13:15 CET. Source: FSMA

Jan 06
Press release on the suspension of trading in Nyxoah

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 is suspended on the request of the company from 25/06/2021 at 11:45 CET until the publication of a press release. Source: FSMA

Jan 06
Press release on the reopening of trading in Financière de TUBIZE

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 Financière de TUBIZE, ISIN BE0003823409 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 25/06/2021 at 11:30 CET. Source: FSMA

Jan 06
Press release on the reopening of trading in UCB

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 UCB, ISIN BE0003739530 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 25/06/2021 at 11:30 CET. Source: FSMA