Key Requirements
Comprehensive regulatory powers; domestic and cross-border cooperation; governance; risk management; data collection; disclosures; handling of interconnections and function combinations; consistent regulation of equivalent financial risks.
Licensing & Registration
Authorization rule: Comprehensive regulatory powers.
AML/CFT
No standalone AML/CFT rule is summarized here; generally applicable financial-crime law may still apply.
Custody & Safeguarding
Customer-asset, segregation, key-security or custody controls are within scope; verify detailed regulator rules.
Disclosure & Marketing
Disclosure, offering or marketing controls are material and communications should be fair, clear and not misleading.
Market Integrity & Enforcement
Regulator: Financial Stability Board.
Tax Treatment
Not a tax code. Tax consequences depend on taxpayer, asset and transaction under the jurisdiction's current tax law.