Investment License

Country	Australia

Investment license in Australia covers many areas of financial activity. It is necessary for both microcredit organizations, and brokers or insurance companies. Granting of loans, provision of intermediary services in the forex markets and other operations related to the storage or management of the clients’ capital should be licensed.

Company Law&Trust offers services for issuing permissions for investment activities in Australia for all categories of persons from any country. Professional lawyers have thorough knowledge of the jurisdiction of this state, which speeds up the process of issuing the certificate. Availability of free consultations gives clients the opportunity to clarify all the stages of obtaining permissions for financial activities.

Country	Belize

License for investment activities in Belize or Foreign Exchange License gives the applicant counterparty the opportunity to carry out the following operations in the territory of the jurisdiction:

• Providing brokerage services to local clients and non-residents, including for multicurrency transactions;
• Trading on the market of securities and shares;
• Granting loans to clients and providing services for collective financial maintenance;
• Engaging in insurance activities, management and/or protection of assets.

Country	Cyprus

Permission for investment activities in Cyprus is necessary for any company that plans to develop its business in the territory of the EU. Cyprus is one of the few jurisdictions where obtaining certificate is associated with relatively low rate of expenses.

The state considers standard package of documents, which includes all personal data of beneficial owners, information on the origin of funds for opening of the statutory account, as well as strategy of expansion of the corporation. Business plan should focus on the benefits and advantages for economic sector of Cyprus related to establishment of new enterprise.

Country	Czech Republic

Czech legislation implies mandatory licensing of each type of activity. The country's regulations provide for exempt, commercial and trade certificates for both local entrepreneurs and foreign businessmen.

License for investment activities in the Czech Republic is issued to a number of organizations, including:

• Commercial funds;
• Foreign-exchange markets;
• Banks, pawnbroker's offices, certain insurance companies with extended scope of financial instruments.

Country	Lithuania

An investment company is a legal entity whose ongoing activity is to provide one or more investment services to third parties and/or to carry out one or more investment operations on a professional basis.

Modern infrastructure, low costs of doing business, the loyalty of the regulator make Lithuania an attractive jurisdiction for foreign investment entrepreneurs.

To conduct investment activities in Lithuania, as well as throughout the EU, a special permit is required. This area of ​​activity is regulated by The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).

Country	New Zealand

The law was promulgated in the jurisdiction of New Zealand in the end of 2014, and according to the foregoing law all companies that conduct financial activities in the country are required to undergo special licensing procedure. Amendments in the regulations have affected not only service providers, but also intermediaries, such as forex brokers, advisers, insurance agencies, etc.

Acquisition of investment license in New Zealand can be successfully accomplished using services of Law&Trust. Our employees specialize in legal assistance with regard to sector of company registration, patents, processing of accounts, as well as licensing of various activities abroad.