Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission CySEC
Who they are
The statutory securities regulator of Cyprus, organised under the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009, which sets out its Board, functions and powers to impose administrative sanctions.
What they do
Authorises and supervises investment firms (CIFs) and publishes its Board decisions on settlements, fines, withdrawals of authorisation and trading suspensions. Under the AML Law it supervises investment firms, collective investment bodies, administrative service providers and crypto-asset service providers (s. 59(1)(β)), and it keeps the register of crypto-asset service providers (s. 61E) and the register of express trusts (s. 61Γ).
Key laws & regulations issued
- Act Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 (Ο περί Επενδυτικών Υπηρεσιών και Δραστηριοτήτων και Ρυθμιζόμενων Αγορών Νόμος του 2017, 87(I)/2017) 2017
- Act Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009 (Ο περί Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς Κύπρου Νόμος του 2009, 73(I)/2009) 2009
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Related regulators
Others in Cyprus supervising overlapping sectors.