Extension of CySEC Deadlines

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has issued Circular C445 to inform CIFs that, due to the COVID-19 situation, the deadlines for submission of the following to CYSEC are extended: Reporting Obligations Previous deadline New deadline...

Circular C436: Findings of the assessment of Compliance Officers’ Annual Reports and the Internal Audit Reports on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing

CySEC has conducted an annual assessment of all the Compliance Officers’ Annual Reports (‘CO Reports’) and Internal Audit Reports (‘IA Reports’) for the year 2019 along with their Board of Directors minutes (‘BoD minutes’), as these were submitted to CySEC...

Circular C441: CySEC Review on Common Deficiencies and Good Practices of Certain Aspects of the Compliance Function

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has recently carried out a review on whether Regulated Entities (i.e. CIFs and Management Companies) are in compliance with the requirements imposed under Article 17(2) of the Investment Services,...

FSA Seychelles: Transaction Threshold Reporting

Recent amendments to the serial 2 and 4 of the Third Schedule of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act 2020 (“AML/CFT Act”) now require reporting entities under the AML/CFT Act to file Cash Transaction Threshold Reporting...

Circular C435: Requirements of the Czech National Bank (the ‘CNB’) for the establishment of a branch regarding the provision of investment services and/or the performance of investment activities in the territory of Czech Republic.

CySEC has issued Circular C435 in order to inform Cyprus Investment Firms (‘CIFs’) which intend to provide investment and/or ancillary services and/or perform investment activities in the territory of Czech Republic, to CNB’s regulatory rules regarding the persons that are...

Temporary Suspension of RTS 27

Directive (EU) 2021/338 of 16 February 2021 was introduced to amend Directive 2014/65/EU (‘MiFID II’), as regards information requirements, product governance and position limits, and Directives 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/878 as regards their application to investment firms, to...

Deadline for the GoAML Registration of Reporting Entities with the FIU Seychelles

Reporting Entities under the First Schedule of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act 2020 (‘AML/CFT Act’) have an obligation until 1 April 2021 to register with the Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit (‘FIU’) registration...