Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has signed an agreement with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Mauritius to strengthen compliance in the Kenyan and Mauritian capital markets.
In a statement, CMA states that the Cooperation Agreement establishes a mechanism for strengthening technical exchanges concerning financial regulation between both regulatory authorities.
“This exchange is expected to increase knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations in various fields such as financial instruments, market intermediaries, asset management, Fintech and other components of the financial innovation ecosystem,” stated the authority.
The technical cooperation is expected to build internal capacity for both regulators through study tours, exchange programmes and secondments.
Commenting on the milestone, the Chief Executive, Dhanesswurnath Thakoor, stated that this initiative reinforces the FSC’s commitment to ensure effective cross-border cooperation and information sharing with its African counterparts.
“The FSC will collaborate further with the CMA to reinforce compliance thereby upholding the resilience and sound repute of the financial services sector,” he said.
CMA Chief Executive, Wyckliffe Shamiah, observed that the partnership with FSC is underpinned by their strategic objective of enhancing strategic influence by partnering with peer regulators in Africa and beyond for mutual benefit.
“We see this as an opportunity to build our internal capacity through exposure for our technical staff to best practises that can support the capital markets in facilitating economic transformation as espoused in the Capital Market Master Plan (2014-2023) which is aligned to Kenya’s Vision 2030 Economic Blueprint,” he stated.