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Stand:updated on 28.12.2023 Foreign supervisory authorities

Fully functional supervisory authorities are the hallmark of every financial centre around the world. However, the specific structures of individual supervisory authorities are very different.

For instance, not every country adopts the approach of integrated financial supervision of the sort that has been put in place in Germany with BaFin. Sometimes the supervisory authority is also part of the central bank. BaFin maintains close contacts with most supervisory authorities, building even further on these relationships through its membership of various international committees.

Here you will find links that will take you directly to various supervisory authorities.

Argentina

Banco Central de la Republica Argentina
Ministerio de Economia y Finanzas Públicas

Australia

Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Austria

Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA)

Belgium

Financial Services and Markets Authority
National Bank of Belgium

Brasil

Comissao de Valores Mobiliário
Banco Central do Brazil

Bulgaria

Bulgarian National Bank
Financial Supervision Commission

China

National Financial Regulatory Administration
China Securities Regulatory Commission

Cyprus

Central Bank of Cyprus
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission

Czech Republic

Ceská Národni Banka

Denmark

Finanstilsynet

Estonia

Finantsinspektsioon

Finland

Finanssivalvonta

France

Banque de France
Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR)
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

Greece

Bank of Greece
Hellenic Republic Capital Market Commission

Hong Kong

Securities and Futures Commission

Hungary

Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Iceland

Fjármálaeftirlitid (FME)

Ireland

Central Bank of Ireland

Italy

Banca d'Italia
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa
Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni

Japan

Financial Services Agency
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission

Jersey

Jersey Financial Services Commission

Canada

Autorité des marchés financiers

Latvia

Latvijas Banka

Liechtenstein

Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)

Lithuania

Lietuvos Bankas

Luxembourg

Banque Centrale du Luxembourg
Commisariat aux Assurances
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier

Malta

Malta Financial Services Authority

The Netherlands

Autoriteit Financiele Markten
Pensioen- & Verzekeringskamer

Norway

Finanstilsynet

Poland

Polish Financial Supervision Authority

Portugal

Banco de Portugal
Comissao do Mercado de Valores Mobiliarios
Autoridade de Supervisao de Seguros e Fundos de Pensoes

Romania

Banco Nationala a Romaniei
Autoritatea de Supraveghere Financiară

Russia

Federal Financial Markets Service
Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Singapore

Monetary Authority of Singapore

Slovakia

Narodna Banka Slovenska

Slovenia

Banka Slovenije
Agencija za trg Vrednostnih Papirjev

Spain

Banco de Espana
Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores
Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones

South Africa

Financial Services Board

South Korea

Financial Supervisory Service

Sweden

Finansinspektionen

Switzerland

Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FINMA)

Taiwan

Financial Supervisory Commission

Turkey

Capital Markets Board of Turkey

United Kingdom

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)

USA

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Board
New York State Department of Financial Services
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Securities and Exchange Commission

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