Cyprus Cabinet Reappoints CySEC Chairwoman Kalogerou for Five More Years

Demetra Kalogerou, the Chairwoman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC CySEC The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision Read this Term), has been reappointed by the Cypriot cabinet on Friday according to a report from the Cyprus News Agency. Her term has been extended for an additional period of five years, from September 15, 2016 to September 14, 2021.

This move shows Kalogerou has secured the support of the cabinet for leadership she exhibited and the changes she enacted as the head of CySEC - one of the most important regulatory bodies for the online financial trading industry.

The Cyprus cabinet also reappointed Anastasia Anastasiadou and Andreas Kleanthous as members of the CySEC Council, also for a five year term.

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Many brokerages in the fields of Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term, CFDs and binary options as well as providers of supporting services have established themselves in the European island nation thanks to the pioneering approach of Kalogerou's commission - turning the jurisdiction into a hub for retail finance, attracting international investments and employing a great number of local people.

In recent years CySEC has been increasing its profile as a tougher financial watchdog, imposing millions of euros in fines on the firms under its supervision. Kalogerou also wants to require CIFs to relocate their call centers to Cyprus in order to keep benefiting from EU licence passporting under MiFID.

Despite this, the Chairwoman's regime has not been completely free of controversy. Criticism has been raised against CySEC by some over their inability to prevent the IronFX debacle.