CySEC suspends and withdraw the license of Cyprus Investment Firms 

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued today an announcement to inform investors that has decided to suspend the CIF license of a Cyprus Investment Firm.

In accordance CySEC’s announcement, the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm Fenix Capital Markets Trading Ltd (‘the Company’), number 308/16, is suspended in whole, pursuant to section 71(6)(c) of Τhe Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 (‘ the Law’) and section 10(1) of Directive DI87-05 for The Withdrawal and Suspension of Authorisation (‘DI87-05’), as there are suspicions of an alleged violation of section 22(1) of the Law due to the Company’s possible non-compliance at all times with the authorisation condition in section 9(16) (management body) and in section 10 (governance arrangements) of the Law.

CySEC informs that the above decision was reached as the aforementioned alleged violation causes concern and risk relating to the protection of the Company’s clients or of the investors and constitutes a threat to the orderly operation and integrity of the market.

CySEC further informs that within fifteen (15) days, the Company has to take actions in order to comply with the aforementioned provisions and for as long as the suspension of the authorisation is in force, as provided for in section 9 of DI87-05,:

1. The Company is not permitted to:

1.1 Provide/carry out investment services/activities.
1.2 Enter into any business transaction with any person and accept any new client.
1.3 Advertise itself as a provider of investment services.

2. The Company, provided this is consistent with the wishes of its existing clients, may proceed with the below actions, without such actions being considered as breach of section 7(a) of DI87-05:

2.1. Complete all its own transactions and those of its clients which are before it, in accordance with client instructions.
2.2. Return all funds and financial instruments which are attributable to its clients.

CySEC has also today announced, further to the above suspension of CIF licence, that on its meeting of 5th November 2018, decided, pursuant to section 8(1)(a) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017, to withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation with Number 146/11 of Qino Management Advisory Ltd (‘the Company’), due to the Company’s decision to expressly renounce it.

Source: CySEC CIF license suspension decision – CySEC withdrawal of CIF authorisation

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