Regulatory Compliance Vault

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

SEC Framework 13 Apr 2015
Code of Conduct for Trustees

Sets trustee responsibilities including fairness, impartiality, loyalty, independence, conflict-of-interest avoidance, safeguarding of trust assets, oversight of fund managers, and…

Applies To
Trustees (bond and CIS trust arrangement…
Effective
13 Apr 2015
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 12 Feb 2015
Rules Relating to the Complaints Management Framework of the Nigerian Capital Market

Establishes the framework for addressing investor complaints in the capital market.

Applies To
Capital market operators; investors
Effective
12 Feb 2015
Compliance Deadline
NAICOM Guideline 01 Jan 2015
Guidelines on Insurance Premium Collection and Remittance

Guideline implementing the 'no premium, no cover' principle for insurance premium collection and remittance. Date is an approximate placeholder - undated on NAICOM's own site; wort…

Applies To
Insurers and intermediaries handling pre…
Effective
01 Jan 2015
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Act 01 Jul 2014
Pension Reform Act 2014

Principal legislation governing the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). Repealed the PRA 2004; establishes PenCom's supervisory mandate over PFAs, PFCs and CPFAs, RSA transfer right…

Applies To
All employers, PFAs, PFCs, CPFAs and RSA…
Effective
01 Jul 2014
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 12 May 2014
Rules on Infrastructure Funds, Foreign Collective Investment Schemes and Sundry Amendments

Introduces rules for infrastructure funds and foreign collective investment schemes operating in or marketing into Nigeria's capital market, plus sundry amendments.

Applies To
Infrastructure fund managers; foreign CI…
Effective
12 May 2014
Compliance Deadline
CBN Framework 01 Feb 2014
Bank Verification Number (BVN) Scheme

Launched a unique biometric identifier for bank customers across the industry to address the absence of a unique identifier, now the foundational KYC/identity infrastructure underl…

Applies To
All deposit money banks and their custom…
Effective
01 Feb 2014
Compliance Deadline
SEC Rule 01 Sep 2013
SEC Consolidated Rules and Regulations 2013 (as amended)

The operational rulebook of the Nigerian capital market — registration of operators, issuance procedures, trading, CIS, market infrastructure and conduct — continuously amended by …

Applies To
All capital market operators, issuers an…
Effective
01 Sep 2013
Compliance Deadline
NAICOM Guideline 01 Mar 2013
Takaful Insurance Operational Guidelines

Framework for Shari'ah-compliant (Takaful) insurance: operator licensing, Advisory Council of Experts, participant funds segregation and surplus distribution.

Applies To
Takaful operators and window operations.
Effective
01 Mar 2013
Compliance Deadline
CBN Circular 18 Jan 2013
Introduction of Three-Tiered KYC Requirements

Established risk-based, tiered customer due diligence (low, medium, full KYC) to advance financial inclusion while managing ML/FT risk — the architecture still underpinning tiered …

Applies To
DMBs and other financial institutions.
Effective
18 Jan 2013
Compliance Deadline
CBN Framework 23 Oct 2012
National Financial Inclusion Strategy

Landmark strategy launched in collaboration with stakeholders to reduce financial exclusion in Nigeria to 20% by 2020, coordinating banks, mobile money operators and other stakehol…

Applies To
CBN, banks, mobile money operators and f…
Effective
23 Oct 2012
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Regulation 06 Apr 2012
Regulation on Investment of Pension Fund Assets 2012

Historical version of the investment regulation providing uniform rules and standards for investment of pension fund assets under the PRA 2004; superseded by later amendments. Issu…

Applies To
PFAs (investment)
Effective
06 Apr 2012
Compliance Deadline
PenCom Regulation 06 Mar 2012
Draft Amended Regulation on Investment of Pension Fund Assets March 2012

Draft version of the 2012 amended investment regulation; historical record, superseded by later finalised amendments.

Applies To
PFAs (investment)
Effective
06 Mar 2012
Compliance Deadline

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