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Communication on conducting examinations for the acquisition of the right to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments and as an investment adviser

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At its meeting held on 17.02.2022, the Financial Supervision Commission decided under Protocol No. 14 of 17.02.2022 to conduct examinations for acquiring the right to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments and as an investment adviser and set dates for these examinations on 28.05.2022 (Saturday) and 29.05.2022 (Sunday), respectively, approved the Procedure for conducting examinations for acquiring the right to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments or as an investment adviser, Thematic synopsis for the examination for acquiring the right to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments and Thematic synopsis for the examination for acquiring the right to exercise activity as an investment adviser.

Following the publication of the thematic syllabi, the FSC received inquiries regarding the scope of certain topics in the thematic syllabi, and in particular regarding the topic related to the regulation of the financial market in Bulgaria. In this regard, for the purpose of clear and unambiguous understanding of the content and scope of the topics included in the thematic syllabus of the examination for acquiring the right to exercise activity as an investment adviser, at its meeting held on 24.02.2022, the Financial Supervision Commission decided on Protocol No. 15 of 24.02.2022 for amendment in the Thematic syllabus of the examination for acquiring the right to exercise activity as an investment adviser, adopted by decision on Protocol No.14 of 17.02.2022 at a meeting of the Financial Supervision Commission. The following changes have been made in the amended thematic syllabus:

– A new topic entitled “Regulation of the financial market in Bulgaria” with a weight of 10% in the examination is added and it is differentiated as part Three of the syllabus;

– In connection with the previous amendment, the numbering of the parts of the syllabus is updated, as well as the weight is reduced from 15% to 10% on two other topics in the thematic syllabus for the examination for acquiring the right to practice as an investment adviser.

The syllabi and the procedure for conducting examinations for acquiring the right to exercise activity as a broker of financial instruments or as an investment adviser are published on the official website of the Financial Supervision Commission, in the section “Investment Activity”, “Legal capacity examinations”, “Examinations for broker of financial instruments and investment adviser”.