Investment Dealers play a pivotal role in global financial markets by facilitating the smooth execution of trades and ensuring market liquidity. Whether serving individuals, institutions, or businesses, they provide the critical expertise and infrastructure required to buy, sell, and trade securities efficiently and with confidence.
- Core function: Enable the buying and selling of financial instruments such as equities, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities, ensuring markets remain open, liquid, and efficient.
- Regulatory framework in Mauritius: Licensed under the Securities Act 2005 and the Financial Services Act, with oversight by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission (MFSC), Investment Dealers operate within a robust and transparent regulatory regime.
- Range of services: May operate across multiple capacities, including—
- Brokerage Firms: Facilitating transactions between buyers and sellers.
- Market Makers: Enhancing liquidity by continuously quoting buy and sell prices.
- Underwriters: Supporting companies in raising capital through the issuance of shares or bonds.
- Investor protection & compliance: Dealers adhere to strict regulatory requirements, including licensing conditions, capital adequacy standards, and rigorous risk management frameworks, ensuring transparent and fair dealing at all times.
- Strategic role: By bridging investors with markets, Investment Dealers are instrumental in promoting investor confidence, encouraging capital formation, and supporting Mauritius’s position as a reputable international financial centre.
