Regulatory Compliance Vault

Nigerian financial sector compliance directory — Acts, Regulations, Guidelines and Circulars from PenCom, CBN, NAICOM, SEC and NDPC.

SEC Rule 29 Oct 2021
New Rules on Social Bonds (29 October 2021)

Introduces guidelines for social bonds, including eligibility criteria, disclosure requirements, and roles/responsibilities of market participants in the issuance process.

Applies To
Social bond issuers; capital market oper…
Effective
29 Oct 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 30 Aug 2021
New Rules and Amendments (30 August 2021)

Introduces rules on robo-advisory services and trade repositories, plus a substantial amendment on the fairness review of mergers, takeovers and acquisitions.

Applies To
Robo-advisers; trade repositories; parti…
Effective
30 Aug 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Framework 01 Jun 2021
Regulatory Incubation Programme for Fintech (with Rules on Robo-Advisory Services)

Sandbox-style pathway allowing fintechs offering capital market services to operate under SEC observation ahead of full registration; accompanied by rules for digital/robo-advisory…

Applies To
Fintechs providing investment, advisory …
Effective
01 Jun 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 24 May 2021
Amendments to Rule 45 on Registerable Functions (24 May 2021)

Refines and strengthens the registration process for market operators under Rule 45 (registerable functions).

Applies To
Capital market operators seeking registr…
Effective
24 May 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Guideline 18 May 2021
Regulatory Incubation (RI) Guidelines for Fintech Entrepreneurs

Detailed operational guidelines for the Regulatory Incubation pathway: pre-qualification requirements, incubation operations, restrictions (up to 100 clients, one-year duration), t…

Applies To
Fintech entrepreneurs seeking regulatory…
Effective
18 May 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 22 Apr 2021
Major Amendments to SEC Rules (22 April 2021)

Amends Rule 67 (sub-brokers) and Rule 70 (records of transactions with clients), and introduces new Rule 76.

Applies To
Sub-brokers; capital market operators
Effective
22 Apr 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 22 Mar 2021
New Rules and Sundry Amendments (22 March 2021)

Introduces rules on warehousing and collateral management; sundry amendments reinstate individual sub-broker registration (Rule 19), address fidelity bonds (Rule 27), and set minim…

Applies To
Warehouse/collateral operators; sub-brok…
Effective
22 Mar 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 21 Jan 2021
Rules on Crowdfunding

Enables MSMEs to raise capital through registered crowdfunding portals and intermediaries, with issuer eligibility, fundraising caps, disclosure requirements and investor limits.

Applies To
Crowdfunding portals, intermediaries, MS…
Effective
21 Jan 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 21 Jan 2021
New Rules and Sundry Amendments (21 January 2021)

Introduces rules covering fund management products, nominee companies, and general rules for collective investment schemes; amendments touch trust deeds, CIS, and disclosure requir…

Applies To
Fund managers; nominee companies; CIS op…
Effective
21 Jan 2021
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 10 Sep 2020
Sundry Amendments to SEC Rules (10 September 2020)

Amendments covering legal practitioners, removal from listing, additional requirements for sukuk programs, and registration requirements for incidental functions.

Applies To
Legal practitioners; sukuk issuers; capi…
Effective
10 Sep 2020
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 23 Dec 2019
New Rules and Sundry Amendments (23 December 2019)

Introduces rules on regulation of derivatives trading, central counterparties (CCPs), and registration of fixed income existing securities; major amendments to CIS rules; sundry am…

Applies To
Derivatives traders; CCPs; CIS operators
Effective
23 Dec 2019
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 14 Oct 2019
New Rules and Sundry Amendments (14 October 2019)

Introduces rules on specialised funds/schemes, registration requirements for commodity brokers, and regulation of capital market holding companies (CMHCs); amendments touch sponsor…

Applies To
Commodity brokers; CMHCs; specialised fu…
Effective
14 Oct 2019
Compliance Deadline

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