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
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
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
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
Iceland
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
Liechtenstein
Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)
Lithuania
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
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
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
South Korea
Sweden
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