CySEC reached a settlement with a CIF for 100.000 euro 

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced that has reached a settlement with a Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF). The settlement decision is in accordance with article 37(4) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Law of 2009, that provides that CySEC has the power to reach a settlement for any violation or possible violation, act or omission for which there is reasonable ground to believe that it took place in violation of the provisions of CySEC’s supervised legislation.

The settlement is with CIF VPR Safe Financial Group Ltd («the Company») for possible violations of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 – L.87(I)/2017 («the Law») and the Regulation (EU) 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments. More specifically, the investigation for which the settlement was reached, involved assessing, for the period September 2019 until October 2020, the Company’s compliance with:

1. Article 42 of the Regulation 600/2014 regarding the product intervention powers of the competent and specifically paragraph 5 of the CySEC’s Directive DI87-09 for the restriction on the marketing, distribution, and sale of contracts for difference (CFDs) to retail clients.
2. Article 25, paragraph (1) and (3)(α), of the Law, regarding general principles and information to clients.

The settlement reached with the Company, for the possible violations, is for the amount of €100.000. The Company has paid the amount of €100.000.

It is noted that all amounts payable from to settlement agreements are considered revenue (income) of the Treasury of the Republic and do not constitute income of CySEC.

Source: CySEC

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