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Financial Markets Authority Of The West African Monetary Union
The Financial Markets Authority of the West African Monetary Union (french: Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l'Union Monétaire Ouest Africaine, AMF-UMOA) is a supranational markets regulator established in 1996 and based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is the single securities authority for the eight countries of the West African Monetary Union (French acronym UMOA), namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. It was known from 1996 to 2020 as the Regional Council for Public Savings and Financial Markets (french: Conseil Régional de l'Epargne Publique et des Marchés Financiers, CREPMF). Overview The creation of a supranational securities authority followed the integration of bank supervision with the establishment in 1990 of the Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union. On , an agreement was signed by the Council of Ministers of the West African Monetary Union that established the CREPMF as a body responsible for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supranationalism
A supranational union is a type of international organization that is empowered to directly exercise some of the powers and functions otherwise reserved to states. A supranational organization involves a greater transfer of or limitation of state sovereignty than other kinds of international organizations. The European Union (EU) has been described as a paradigmatic case of a supranational organization, as it has deep political, economic and social integration, which includes a common market, joint border control, a supreme court, and regular popular elections. Another method of decision-making in international organisations is intergovernmentalism in which state governments play a more prominent role. Origin as a legal concept After the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Albert Einstein spoke and wrote frequently in the late 1940s in favour of a "supranational" organization to control all military forces except for local police forces, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-communist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Economic Community Of West African States
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as in French and Portuguese) is a regional political union, political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. Collectively, these countries comprise an area of , and in 2015 had an estimated population of over 349 million. Considered one of the pillar trade bloc, regional blocs of the continent-wide African Economic Community (AEC), the stated goal of ECOWAS is to achieve "collective self-sustainability, self-sufficiency" for its member states by creating a single large trade bloc by building a full economic and trading union. The union was established on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, with its stated mission to promote economic integration across the region. A revised version of the treaty was agreed and signed on 24 July 1993 in Cotonou. The ECOWAS also serves as a peacekeeping force in the region, with member states occasionally sending joint military forces to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Financial Regulatory Authorities By Jurisdiction
The following is an incomplete list of financial regulatory and supervisory authorities by individual jurisdiction. Central banks are only listed where they act as direct supervisors of individual financial firms. Unless they are set up exclusively for financial services, competition authorities and takeover panels are not listed. Financial intelligence units and policy banks are not listed, unless they also have a financial supervisory mandate. List of current authorities A-B * Afghanistan: Da Afghanistan Bank * Albania: Financial Supervisory Authority (AMF) * Algeria: Commission d'Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse (COSOB) * Andorra: Andorran Financial Authority (AFA) * Angola: Capital Markets Commission (CMC) and Agência Angolana de Regulação e Supervisão de Seguros (ARSEG) * Anguilla: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and Financial Services Commission (FSC) * Antigua & Barbuda: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and Financial Services Regulator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Insurance Control Commission
The Regional Insurance Control Commission (french: Commission Régionale de Contrôle des Assurances, CRCA) is a supranational insurance supervisor established in 1993 and based in Libreville, Gabon. It is the single authority for insurers in the eight countries of the West African Monetary Union (French acronym UMOA), the six countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), as well as the Comoros, thus covering 15 countries in total: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, and Togo. Overview The CRCA is the regulatory and supervisory arm of the (french: Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d'Assurances, CIMA), a regional body that seeks to promote insurance market development. The statute of the CRCA was signed in Abidjan in September 1993, and it started operations in August 1995. The members of the Commission include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Securities And Markets Authority
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is an independent European Union Authority located in Paris. ESMA replaced the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) on 1 January 2011. It is one of the three new European Supervisory Authorities set up within the European System of Financial Supervisors. __TOC__ Overview ESMA works in the field of securities legislation and regulation to improve the functioning of financial markets in Europe, strengthening investor protection and co-operation between national competent authorities. The idea behind ESMA is to establish an "EU-wide financial markets watchdog". One of its main tasks is to regulate credit rating agencies. In 2010 credit rating agencies were criticized for the lack of transparency in their assessments and for a possible conflict of interest. At the same time, the impact of the assigned ratings became significant for companies and banks but also states. In October 2017, ESMA organised its first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission
The Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission (french: Commission de Surveillance du Marché Financier de l’Afrique Centrale, COSUMAF) is a supranational markets regulator established in 2019 and based in Libreville, Gabon. It is the single securities authority for the six countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (French acronym CEMAC), namely Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Overview The COSUMAF results from the merger of the national securities commissions of the six CEMAC member states in March 2019. As part of the same reform package enacted in 2018, the (french: Bourse des valeurs mobilières de l'Afrique centrale, BVMAC) absorbed the Douala Stock Exchange and relocated from Libreville to Douala, and the Bank of Central African States was designated as the regional central securities depository. The COSUMAF's head office in Libreville was inaugurated on . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autorité Des Marchés Financiers (France)
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Autorité des marchés financiers may refer to: * Autorité des marchés financiers (France) *Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec) Autorité des marchés financiers may refer to: *Autorité des marchés financiers (France) Autorité des marchés financiers may refer to: * Autorité des marchés financiers (France) *Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec) Autorité des march ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banking Commission Of The West African Monetary Union
The Banking Commission of the West African Monetary Union (french: Commission Bancaire de l'Union Monétaire Ouest Africaine, CB-UMOA) is a supranational bank supervisor established in 1990 and based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is institutionally part of the Central Bank of West African States (French acronym BCEAO) and is the single banking supervisor for the eight countries of the West African Monetary Union (UMOA), namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. Overview In 1989, BCEAO Governor Alassane Ouattara promoted the creation of a single banking supervisory authority for the entire West African Monetary Union, in a context of banking sector fragility in West Africa and widespread supervisory failure by the then-existing national banking commissions of the individual UMOA member states. The Banking Commission was established by an international convention signed by the participating governments in Ouagadougou on , complemented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Supervision
Bank regulation is a form of government regulation which subjects banks to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, designed to create Transparency (market), market transparency between banking institutions and the individuals and corporations with whom they conduct business, among other things. As regulation focusing on key factors in the financial markets, it forms one of the three components of financial law, the other two being case law and self-regulating market practices. Given the interconnectedness of the banking industry and the reliance that the national (and global) economy hold on banks, it is important for regulatory agencies to maintain control over the standardized practices of these institutions. Another relevant example for the interconnectedness is that the law of financial industries or financial law focuses on the financial (banking), capital, and insurance markets. Supporters of such regulation often base their arguments on the "too big to fail" not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Renndaandi Senegaali); Arabic: جمهورية السنغال ''Jumhuriat As-Sinighal'') is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is notably the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. It owes its name to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
