DEN GVT Unlicensed Investment Service

Published on: Sep 9, 2025

On Sep. 5, DEN GVT amended order re activities without permit.

  • DEN GVT published Executive Order BEK No 1081 of Aug. 25, 2025 amending the Executive Order BEK No 2021 of Nov. 8, 2021 on which natural and legal persons may perform investment services and investment activities without a permit under the Investment Brokerage Companies and Investment Services and Activities Act or the Financial Business Act.
  • Main Points
  • Updates to the Order's legal references to EU and national legislation; natural and legal persons who are members of or participants in a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility (MTF) may not make use of the exemption in subsection 1 of section 7.
  • However, this does not apply to non-financial entities that carry out transactions on a trading venue when the transactions in question are part of liquidity management or can be objectively measured to reduce the risks directly linked to the business activities or liquidity financing activities of these non-financial entities or their group.
  • Effectiveness
  • The executive order enters into force on Sep. 29, 2025.
Regulators
DEN GVT
Entity Types
B/D; Bank; Exch; IA; Inv Co
Reference
OG, 9/5/2025; BEK 1081, 8/25/2025
Functions
Financial; Legal; Operations; Registration/Licensing; Trading; Treasury
Countries
Denmark
Category
State
N/A
Products
Banking; Commodities; Derivatives; Equity; Fixed Income; Fund Mgt; Securities
Rule Type
Final
Regions
EMEA
Rule Date
Sep 5, 2025
Effective Date
Sep 29, 2025
Rule ID
268157
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Sep 5, 2025
Report Section
EU