Regulatory environment
The Brazilian capital markets and financial systems are regulated and monitored by the National Monetary Council (Conselho Monetário Nacional - "CMN"), the Brazilian Central Bank (Banco Central do Brasil - "Central Bank") and the Brazilian Securities and Exchanges Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários - "CVM").
In accordance with Brazilian regulations, the creation and operation of organized securities markets and custody and settlement systems require prior authorization of the CVM and the Central Bank, depending on the market. Furthermore, entities that engage in those activities and their agents are subject to specific and strict regulatory oversight.
1. National Monetary Council
The CMN is the highest regulatory entity within the national financial system and is responsible for setting the inflation target, to be pursued by the Central Bank, and is also responsible for guide lining the Brazilian monetary, credit and foreign exchange policies.
2. CVM
CVM is an independent federal regulatory agency with nationwide jurisdiction over securities markets. Its responsibilities include commodities and financial derivatives markets and exclude government debt markets. Besides regulating and enforcing the related laws and its own rules, CVM is empowered to investigate market participants and apply sanctions.
3. Central Bank of Brazil
The core objectives of the Central Bank are the stability of the purchasing power of the national currency and the soundness of the financial system. Also has a mandate to regulate issues related to safety and efficiency in Brazilian Payment.
4. BSM
Subsidiary of B3 group, inspects and supervise market participants and B3 itself and has the capability to establish and conduct disciplinary administrative proceedings.
5. B3
Manages the organized securities and derivatives markets, providing registration, clearing and settlement services. It acts as central counterparty, guaranteeing financial liquidity for the trades executed in its environments.
Central Counterparty/ Settlement System: B3 acts as CCP for all the transactions done on its trading systems and all of them are integrated with the settlement systems so that the trading information is captured in its entirety immediately following trade execution and no further confirmation by the original counterparties is needed.
Central Depository Services: Provides centralized deposit service of assets for all the market participants with accounts identified at final investor level.
Investor (Final Beneciary Owner): Non-resident inventor’s representatives in Brazil will have to identify the final client owning responsible for every transaction carried out at B3’s trading systems, and the assets will be held under an individual account in the B3 Central Depositary, an extremely relevant aspect of the Brazilian financial and capital markets regulation.