The Chairman of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Sebastián Albella, presented on 14 February the institution’s Activity Plan for 2018, which sets out fifty exercises and that CNMV will perform over the course of this year.

These are specific undertakings that have been added to CNMV’s normal activities. CNMV has been presenting an annual activity plan since 2007. As the CNMV Chairman pointed out at the presentation: “This year the plan is marked by the significant changes experienced by the financial markets and regulatory framework (technological changes, the implementation of MiFID II, etc.), and once again it shows the effort made by the various CNMV departments and teams to place it among the most modern and professional supervisory bodies in Europe”.

For 2018, CNMV has maintained the four strategic lines of action already defined a year ago:

1. Prioritisation of supervision and promotion of market transparency and integrity

2. Enhancement of the appeal and competitiveness of Spanish financial markets

3. Focus on and promotion of financial stability

4. Financial education and focus on investors

and has added an additional one related to the growing impact of technological developments on financial services:

5. Promotion of technological developments and prevention of the potential risks associated with them

Click here to view the presentation that explains the main objectives, the press release and the full Activity Plan.

Strategic lines for 2018:

Presentation of the Activity Plan for 2018:

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