The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’) has issued a Directive for the imposition of national measures to restrict the marketing, distribution and sale of contracts for difference (‘CFDs’). The Cyprus National Product Intervention Measures (‘CyNPIMs’) include: Restricting leverage limits from 30:1 to 2:1 on the opening of a position by a retail client; The adoption of the same leverage limits for all retail clients,...Read More
CySEC wishes to inform Regulated Entities of the recent amendments made regarding EMIR. The following are the main changes: Definition of Financial Counterparty (‘FC’) The EMIR Refit expands the definition of an FC to include the following entities perceived to pose important systemic risk to the financial system: Every AIF established in the EU, or managed by an AIFM authorised or registered in the European...Read More
Circular C343 dated 25.10.2019 regarding the thematic review of best execution obligations of Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) CySEC carried out a review of the Best Execution arrangements put in place by CIFs to ensure compliance with the provisions of Article 28 of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law (“the Law”). Circular C343 sets out CySEC’s observations and draws the attention to...Read More
Appointment of Depositary for AIFs Relevant to: Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”) Alternative Investment Funds with Limited Number of Persons (“AIFLNP”); Registered Alternative Investment Funds (“RAIFs”). The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (“CIFA”) has prepared an updated Summary outlining the requirements for the appointment of a Depositary to the different types of AIFs under the new Alternative Investment Funds Law 124(I)/2018 and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers...Read More
Further to Circular C242 and the CSDR, CySEC wishes to inform CIFs on the requirements for internalised settlement reporting. Settlement Internalisers should report to CySEC on a quarterly basis the aggregated volume and value of all securities transactions that they settle outside securities settlement systems. Entities responsible for reporting: According to paragraph 14 of the Guidelines on Internalised Settlement Reporting, internalised settlement can happen at...Read More
