BUL FSC Broker Qualification Notice


On Jul. 23, BUL FSC issued notice on examinations for broker activity.


  • At its meeting on Jul. 23, 2024, BUL FSC made a decision under Protocol 50 to conduct examinations for acquiring the right to exercise activity as either a broker of financial instruments, or as an investment consultant, and set dates for both of these exams.
  • Qualification Overview
  • The summaries and order of examinations for acquiring the right to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments or as an investment consultant are published on the official page of the Financial Supervision Commission in section on Investment Activity.
  • Thematic synopsis for the exam for brokers of financial instruments and the thematic synopsis for exam for exercising activity as investment consultant, are both provided.
  • As annexes to Ordinance 7, the samples of the required applications for admission to the exam and the associated declarations have been prepared for reference purposes.
  • Those who want to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments and/or as an investment consultant, must submit relevant applications for admission to the exam.
  • The documents required in order to ensure that applications can be made for the examination(s), set out in legislation, are all explicitly stated in the application form.
  • Applications for admission to the examination, submitted after the announced deadline for submitting all documents set as Sep. 30, 2024, will not be considered by BUL FSC.
  • Effectiveness
  • BUL FSC set dates for these exams on Nov. 9, 2024 and Nov. 11, 2024, respectively, by approving the Order for conducting exams for acquiring a right to exercise activity.

Regulators BUL FSC
Entity Types B/D; IA
Reference PR 7/23/2024
Functions Compliance; Financial; HR; Legal; Registration/Licensing; Reporting; Training
Countries Bulgaria
Category
State
Products Fund Mgt; Securities
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 7/23/2024
Effective Date 11/9/2024
Rule Id 220557
Linked to N/A
Reg. Last Update 7/23/2024
Report Section EU

Last substantive update on 07/26/2024