Capital Markets Authority CMA
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Who they are
Securities regulator created by Law No. 7 of 2010.
What they do
Licenses and supervises securities activities, the exchange, clearing and collective investment schemes, and issues the Executive Bylaws in nineteen books covering disclosure, corporate governance, AML/CFT and financial technology. Its Disciplinary Board decides penalties and the CMA keeps public lists of persons barred from securities activity.
Key laws & regulations issued
- Circular CMA Circular No. (10) of 2023 to All Financial Institutions and Specified Non-Financial Businesses and Professions on the Procedures Required for Transactions Associated with Virtual Assets 2023
- Act Law No. 7 of 2010 on the Establishment of the Capital Markets Authority and Regulation of Securities Activity 2010
- Regulation CMA Executive Bylaws, Book 16: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terrorist Financing
- Regulation Executive Bylaws of Law No. 7 of 2010 (CMA Books 1 to 19)
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Others in Kuwait supervising overlapping sectors.