Financial Services Commission (Mauritius)

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Financial Services Commission (FSC)
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Jurisdiction Government of Mauritius
Headquarters Ébène, Mauritius
20°14′39.8976″S57°29′25.9476″E / 20.244416000°S 57.490541000°E / -20.244416000; 57.490541000
Minister responsible
Website www.fscmauritius.org

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) (French : Commission des Services Financiers de Maurice) is a regulatory authority responsible for the regulation, supervision and inspection of all financial services other than banking institutions and global business in Mauritius. The FSC operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development within an internationally recognised legal framework which includes the FSC Act, the Securities Act and the Insurance Act, it licenses, regulates, monitors and supervises the conduct of business activities in the non-banking financial services sector. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Who we are". Financial Services Commission. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. "THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT 2007" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

Established in 2001, the FSC is mandated under the FSC Act 2007 and has as enabling legislations the Securities Act 2005, the Insurance Act 2005 and the Private Pension Schemes Act 2012 to license, regulate, monitor and supervise the conduct of business activities in these sectors.